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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From what I read most kids want a school where we are more interactive. Normally we come to school and listen to teachers for eight hours than go home and do homework on the stuff we just listened to. Students want to be more involved; school related trips and activities would interest us more and sometimes students learn best when they visualize stuff instead of just listening. If we had “labs” were apart of every class instead of just chemistry maybe we would have more fun which would help us actually listen. A lot of the blogs mentioned something about how kids wanted schools more like college. Where we can pick our classes especially in the high school considering we are so close to college. Having shorter days would help also because we have to be at school for like 8 hours then some of us play sports and go home and do homework on top of that is too much. I agree with most of the kids said and I had some of that stuff in my blog too. But as always, we are never satisfied so I’m sure if school was changed we would still complain. =] Chynna West
ReplyDeleteAfter reading a couple of the blogs posted by other kids in my class, I think that the ideal high school would start at a later time and consist of only the classes that the student wanted to take. None of this stuff where we have to have to learn these long chemical equations that were never going to use. And read these old literature books in which we have no idea whats going on. Also in this ideal school there would be no homework, because we do enough work as it is. One other thing is that there wouldn’t be as many rules as there are in the school today. We SHOULD be able to text and listen to music, everyone does it anyway. This “citizenship point” stuff is out of control because we should not have points taken off our grade just because we talk or don’t want to participate. And finally, the teachers would actually help when they taught instead of just going over the material then testing us. That’s just out of control.
ReplyDelete-Ben Gordon
The 3 blogs I read were from Anthony, Frankie, and Ethan. They all said that they didn’t like getting to school so early, and they didn’t want homework. I agree that homework is pushing it a bit far with school. Going to school all day then sports/doctor appointments, and homework? That is way too much for one student to deal with. What about family? Where does family time come in? I agree with what these 3 people have wrote. I really don’t think it is good to have school stuff all day long. I think school should be shorter and no homework.
ReplyDeleteVictoria
My idea of a Ideal school would be to come into school later than 7.45. many students complain about getting up early. another thing is that students want to be able to listen to music.another thing is that there needs be more physical activities. students get bored in school which causes them to not pay attention in a class that they dont like. another thing is the way teachers teach and act. if a teacher is having a bad day than they shouldnt take it out on the students by yelling at them and giving us more work. another thing about the teacher thing is that some teachers expect students to just learn things, i think the teachers need to be more generous and ask if people need extra assistance. i agree with all of this because it will attract more students to come to school and because ill have something to look forward to in school so its not so bad to wake up early.
ReplyDeleteAnthony Greco
Frankie Bythrow
ReplyDeleteThe truth of the matter is simple nothing is perfect. Especially when it comes to school. In fact, even making up your own version of school still would not be completely perfect. However, you can certainly try to come close. When I was gathering ideas from other posts, I came to a decent plan. When it comes to learning, most of the time it isn’t fun, or at least to me. For me to stay focused the entire time is a stretch. I think that by getting out of the classroom every once in a while and perhaps experiencing first hand, it is much easier to remember. Now sure that is not the cheapest solution but this is an “ideal” school. Another argument could be the time frame. Any average student, who doesn’t play a sport, spends roughly 7 hours in school a day. That is not including the homework that comes with it. After 7 hours, I think there is enough time to get what needs to be done, done. Homework so abolished. Students are also put under a lot of pressure to complete every class, along with homework, and to keep every grade up and passing. Perhaps with a different schedule this could be avoided a bit. Maybe instead of taking English and Math in the same semester, it could be split up in a way that students could focus more on one subject at one time.
The three blogs I have read were all very interesting and they were all very similar as well. Everyone wanted shorter school days, less homework, and better learning environments. One person wanted more field trips and another wanted a more cooperative class to be apart of. Those are all very important things but it might be asking a little too much because field trips are pretty expensive and kids will not always be to cooperative. I do agree with many of the points that my fellow classmates have come up with and I think it would better many classrooms and many schools as well. The point that I came up with was the amount of homework and the length of the school days. Other bloggers as well as myself came up with those points and I still do not understand why we are in school for such a long time. I think that schools could better themselves in the future but it will take a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteEthan Jaffe
Moon H
ReplyDeleteMy ideal school experience is me waking up at 9:00am and getting to school by 9.30am. My first period class would be study hall so I can get some more sleep. For second period I would go to a class of my choice. Third and fourth period would be electives. Fifth period is lunchtime. 6th period would be last period and it's another class of my choosing. No homework would be given and corrections would be allowed on every test you get back. To reasonable there would be a requirement of how many hours of each class you have to do when you choose which calss you want to go to. Lunch would be free or 40 cents, no one should pay $2.40 for a sandwich. each class is 50 minutes long and school would end by 3:30pm. Each teacher in the school would have to give a profile of the style they teach so the students can get the most out of their school time. That's my ideal school experience. There's much more freedom. Since this is my idea I definitely agree with this plan. Students would be a lot more motivated.
I agree with everbody elses complaints and I also think that we should be able to have fun and do our work at the same time. I think kids should be tracked on their own abilities. Every kid that fails should have to pay a fine to the teacher.
ReplyDeleteHaneef Harrell
I think everyone’s ideas for their ideal school were good and similar to mine. They mostly wanted to be taught the more important subjects but still have more time for electives and classes they could have fun in and also many people would want school to start later so we could sleep in. All the teachers should not boring and make you take notes which I agreed with as well. I really think most of them were similar ideas because most kids don’t want to be sitting in a desk bored out of their minds all day. They would rather spend their time with friends, family, and fun things they would actually enjoy. Yeah so that’s pretty much what most people thought and I agreed with them most of the part because some things are important to learn but we should be able to learn and have fun at the same time.
ReplyDeleteKrista Grande
James morrisey,
ReplyDeleteI believe that we the students should be able to have fun and learn at the same time, in the same class room. I also think that the teachers do a good job at teaching, but should maybe explain better and shouldn’t give tests and quizzes so early prior to the students taking notes. I also believe that there should be more field trips. I know were all almost adults and some of us are, but we should have fun and educational trips which will give us a breather from taking notes but also lets us learn stuff at the same time.
I do agree with some of the comments that the other students have left. One thing that agree with is that Stephanie said that teachers don’t give us enough time to learn things. They just teach us one thing and the next day they give us a quiz on something that we don’t really understand. Sometimes they either teach it too fast or they don’t teach it in a way that the students understand. One thing that I don’t agree with that Ethan said is why we have to come to school so early. I think we should come to school early because if we don’t we will have to leave school late and other students have better things to do than be in school for a late time. Finally I agree with Anthony when he said that the school does not give us enough time to get from class to class. The hallways are very crowded and it is difficult to get to class.
ReplyDeleteNatalon Green
(the following statement does not necessarily represent the thoughts or views of George Braunstein. it is merely an overview of the perception of the "perfect school" by Mr. Rendine's third period class)
ReplyDeleteThe perfect school would start at about eight or nine thirty and end at two-thirty. It would hire only the most competent teachers available and would have the teachers prepare a feasible lesson plan for the year prior to employment. The teachers would be required to utilize their time wisely, as to provide more time for the students to ask questions and fully grasp the concepts at hand. The school would also have ample space for maximum mobility around the halls, allowing students to arrive not only on time, but with time to prepare themselves for the upcoming class. Few to no classes would be mandatory and field trips and active learning exercises would be commonplace. The classes offered would include real world knowledge and experiences as well as auxiliary knowledge where interest arises. students would be permitted to do whatever they deem acceptable so long as it does not negatively affect the students around them.
(to reiterate, the above does not necessarily reflect the views of George Braunstein. This represents what appears to be the overall, culminating suggestions from entries to the previous blog)
George Braunstein