Thoughts on English This Year

As one of you described so insightfully in your response to the last blog posting, an ideal school is one in which the teachers learn from the students just as much as the other way around. And in reading your thoughts and ideas about how to improve high school, I can honestly say I learned a lot from your comments. Overall, you shared your observations that school bogs students down with petty rules and wasted time, from teachers who do not control their classes to having to take courses that you feel will not benefit you after you leave the walls of Abington Senior High. And overall, I found your comments genuine and thoughtful. I think that the adult population of our school could learn a lot from your comments here, as I have.

In the spirit of expressing ourselves in order to learn more about things we all take for granted, like the daily routine of school life, this blog posting focuses specifically on your experience in this English class - Mr. Rendine's English 2 - through the 2008-2009 school year to date.

What are your thoughts about English 2 this year? What experiences or people in English have stood out as important for you? What feelings have resulted from your experiences in English?

I'm going to leave this open-ended, so you may take your comments about this class in any direction you choose, on the condition that you focus on what has been most important and meaningful to you as a student in English 2.

Thank you in advance for continuing to help me create a learning environment that is worthwhile for all students. Your comments are greatly appreciated.

Be sure you:

• spell check
• grammar check
• write at least 150 words

DUE: Thursday, April 23, 2009.
POINTS: 25