1) Come up with a composite description of the "ideal school" experience.
2) Respond to this "ideal school" composite that you have created. Do you agree with it? Disagree with it? Why or why not?
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After reading the three comments written by my peers I found several common things they shared. My fellow students wishes for a ideal school where teachers cares for the student’s idea and point of view, where teachers aren’t arrogant or acting so smartly to make the students feel annoyed or bored. Many complained of going to school too early in the morning or that teacher’s act as if the single subject they teach is most important to the students in whole. Several students complained that teachers care more about hats or hoods than smoking in school. They believe that wearing hats or hoods in class is no big deal, but cigarettes in school ground are different by far. The Ideal school that I concluded is that school where teachers and student put more care into important things but not to unnecessary fight over nothing.
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For the three blogs I read an ideal school would allow you to wear hats, and use cell phones. The teachers would help us with our work more, we would be able to take the electives we wished to take, and also we would have more privileges. For example, we could leave the library and go to lunch, or we could check out a book without using an ID. The ideal school would also have more room in the library so we could go whenever we needed it. There would be less work in the ideal school. The teachers would also be less uptight and make school more fun. I agree with this ideal school completely except for the hats rule. I really could care less about if we were allowed to wear hats or not because I do not wear them. But, for someone who does I don’t see why it wouldn’t be allowed. I agree with this school because I think some of the rules we have are ridiculous, and I think we are overwhelmed with work.
ReplyDeleteYes i agree with the description of the "ideal school" experience that i read beacause it had alot of the same stuff that i put in mines and besides the fact that the things that were being said was true also. I also agree with the blog post that i read beacause it had things in there that should really be changed in this school or even things that shouldnt be in a school at all. That is why i agree with the blog post that i read about.
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In my opinion the ideal school would have very few rules. Those very few rules would be rules that I make. If I got to make the rules for school we only go for 3 days a week and they would be Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. The hours school would be open would be from 12:30 until 2:30. Cell phones would be allowed in class. The only thing you couldn’t do is talk on your cell phone in class but if you needed to, you could walk out of the class room to make or receive a call. The reason you should be allowed to do that is because you’re only hurting yourself by not being in the room learning and you’re not disrupting the class. In my ideal school they wouldn’t expect much from you, the only main rule is you have to go every Thursday on test days. That’s my ideal school and I hope our superintendent reads this and makes our school this way.
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Based on the responses I read from Amber, Josh, and Kelly; the ideal school would be a school that started later. Starting later would make it easier for students to stay focused and awake, which would make school a lot more enjoyable for students. All three of them were against the idea of waking up early, saying that it made it harder to concentrate in class. Another thing that all of them wanted was less work. Most of them complained about how they were becoming overwhelmed by all the work. So in their ideal school their would be less work. I do agree with the responses because I feel the same way for the most part about school. I would love to come later and I would be able to concentrate better if we did. I don't really mind the work though, mostly because I get it all done anway.
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The ideal school for me would be a very flexible school where I would be able to change my classes if I felt the need to. Also there would be a lot more freedom in this school. In my ideal school you wouldn’t have to take math, science, english, and social studies every year. You’d be able to choose it would be like all elective classes but if you wanted to you could just pursue math or science. Or if you’re into art you could just take all different art classes like photography classes. In my case I would stick with the English classes and the social studies and would completely forget about everything else and just focus on the classes I enjoy. I think that is a huge problem in the school system is kids being forced to take classes that you are not interested in or struggle in year to year. It would be a lot less stressful on students if they could take the courses they want to. Also there would be a student lodge in my school with couches and a smoking section but it would be limited to students with good grades. Kids wouldn’t have to sleep in class if they felt like it they would just walk down to the lodge and fall asleep for a period, and if a student felt the need to smoke a cigarette they could and wouldn’t worry about running around the school trying not to get caught. They could just sit down and relax and then go back to class. I believe this would be my ideal school and I think a lot of students would agree with me.
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I read over three blogs and came up with one school that I think would be just ideal to fit everyone. So many students would agree that certain subjects should e just left out. The ideal school would fit the subjects people want to attend to. In the three blogs I read those were some of the ideas the students in my class up with. Some of them also said that would should e aloud to text like why not? If we just text someone real quick and get back to work who is that harming? As long as you’re productive all that should be okay. Another idea for the ideal school I read was being able to wake up later which are just saying if we start later we as students won’t be so tired in our classes. This indeed will help us remember what we learned in the beginning of the day. So basically the ideal school would be like a college sort a starting late, taking the subjects that adapt to what students want to take, and be able to send a text as long as you still listen. I agree with this ideal school because it would work not only for the teachers but for students as well. We would all be able to memorize things easier and learn what we enjoyed most.
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I read Josh Sontags and Mike Murphy and I agree with both other answers to the ideal schools. The ideal school would definitely be that you would be able to text and wake up late. It is such hassles to wake up early, eat breakfast and do all the things you have to do in the morning and get to school on time. Also if we would like to text we should be allowed to. Unless the students are disrupting the class while doing it by laughing out loud or something. Maybe there should just be a rule that you can't during tests and quizzes. Also I don’t think its fare for all the teachers to be able to assign big projects or other big assignments at the same time. When that happens a lot of students get overwhelmed and just blow off either all of the work or most of it.
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I think there is no such thing as a perfect school. Different people expect different things when they come to school.
ReplyDeleteSome people expect to be pushed and given homework and class work and a lot of projects so that they can see what it’s like to be in the real world and so they know what to expect in college and when they get out of college.
But then other people want school to be a breeze, they want things to be easy and not be pushed to do the best they can. They want to do what they can just to get by and not have to really try.
Kelly Alberti
I read josh swift and Josh sonntags blogs and i agree with both of there ideas of an ideal school. I gathered information from both of theres and i believe the ideal school will be along these lines. The idael school would start at 10 am and end at 2 pm and the teachers would be so more understanding when it comes to school work. I would also wont less homework and for there to be no research papers. There would be no rukles with texting and phones as long as you get all tour work done. I wish the summers would be longer like 5 months and school was only 7 months.
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i basically agree with all of the other kids who put up blogs about the school because they are right there should not be that many rules like some is okay to have a perfectly ran school but all the rules that we have here are "out of pocket". We should be able to have fun but at the same time get some work done.
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The ideal school according to most kids is that the teachers are less uptight about things. Someone said that the teachers worry too much about the little things and if a teacher is worrying about things like a phone or a hood then they are being distracted from other things such as teaching. Another person said that the curriculum is not set up well enough and that the teachers should keep teaching and if a student is falling behind they need to get extra help on their own time. School should also start later many kids don’t get up so therefore they are late and many kids aren’t thinking that early so they just end up sleeping in class. Michelle O.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Josh Sonntag about how we wake up to early for the most part because I hate that we do have to be here early, but I like that we get out earlier because we come in so early. I also can relate with Josh Swift when it comes to teacher with cell phones, hoods, and ipods I think if a student is paying attention, doing well on tests, and doing homework it shouldn’t pertain to them, because if it’s really not disabling someone’s learning ability then it shouldn’t be a problem. I agree with Katherine Kushin about how you should only take classes that will help you in what you want to become when you are older. The ideal school would consist of lesser views on the rules, coming to school later in the day and taking classes that you would like to pursue a career in. One thing I would add of my own though is putting the kids who excel in a subject and the kids who don’t and spilt them up and put them in separate classes so they can all move at one pace and other kids won’t be bored and won’t have move to honors because you may fall behind in that.
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Many people's complaints or ideas of an ideal school are the waking up early part and the tests. I do agree with most of those ideas because waking up early is a problem and it is in the way. It is so annoying waking up and going through the same thing 5 days a week. The tests each week is a problem too. Because all my classes or some of my classes do have test on the same day or week and it weighs me down sometimes. I do agree with most of the people's ideal school and the problems they deal with.
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Now that I have read some of the students’ complaints on this school, I have thought of more things. A couple students said that they don’t like how teachers yell at them for hoods, hats, ID’s, etc. One kid actually said that a lunch aid yelled at him for his hood, at lunch, when some kids were outside smoking right in front of them. So I agree with that because it’s not just that. I can relate to his situation but in a different way. My chemistry teacher yelled at me for talking in class, moved me, and took off citizenship points when everyone else was talking. Another student was saying that she doesn’t like how the teachers think their class is the only class we’re taking and the only class that we think is important. It’s so true because some teachers give so much work and it stresses us, students, out. So I agree with most of the students reply to the first blog.
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-Danielle Curry
There are some complaints for me in school such as the teachers sometimes over react to the school rules such as hoods, hats, ID’s. Then like at lunch the aides want to tell me to take my hood off when there are people outside smoking right in front of them. The problem with waking up early is getting enough sleep. I like to stay up late to hang out with my friends, but if you stay up to late you will be tired when you wake up. I think that is why a lot of people drop out too. I also do not like how much homework we get. I have like 3 term papers do all at the same time. That leaves me no time for me to hang out with my friends or have fun. Last, but not least is the time in between classes. The time you get in between classes is not enough. You get enough time to pass your friends and say, but then you will already have to be in a hurry to your next period class. Another is how there is no honors for eleventh and twelfth grade it's either CP or AP. I also don't like the way certain ethnicities get treated catered to, for example V.I.B.E is for male African Americans but there are no groups or clubs for just German American or just Native Americans. My last complaint consists of teachers certain teachers do get to controlling over their students. With this info this is the perfect school for me I got my ideas from Josh Swift, Josh Sonntag, and Shyanne Bruno.
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