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Well, it’s official. Seven days from today I am going back to high school for two weeks. I know it sounds weird…but it isn’t. In one week I am going back to high school for two weeks. I’ll be a 33 year old sophomore with a locker, school ID, backpack and five classes. Here’s the official answer to the question, “What the heck are you thinking?”
I am trying to achieve a greater understanding of today’s student culture. I want to understand the pressures that exist on student’s time, emotions, family and relationships. Hopefully by immersing myself in a students schedule and environment, I will gain valuable perspectives that will allow myself and the staff of Warsaw High School to make informed decisions in regards to leading and guiding students.
Long Term: It is my desire that the data collected (through the website, through my interviews and through feedback from students) will serve to be beneficial to parents, administrators, local and state level educators and other community youth workers.
So, today I went to school to get things rolling. I got my locker…#G212…It’s in the Math hallway. Students laugh when I tell them that, and I’m not really sure why…I guess I will find out. I also got my parking pass (see the picture). AND…I finally got my Schedule.
Class Schedule
Construction
Drawing
English 10
Freshman P.E.
I contacted a few of my teachers today. I have to go get school supplies today! My drawing class is going to set me back $23. And trust me…I could sell the artwork I am going to create and still owe people money. I wonder if the construction class would be willing to come to the house and help me with a few projects?
Next Tuesday we will officially launch the website for this experience….http://www.twoweeksback.com/ and my first day of class will be March 2nd. I will temporarily suspend blogging here at scottiegreene.blogspot.com and will be document my experience through http://www.twoweeksback.com/. I’ll write more later. Are any of you good at Algebra?
Scott
4 comments:
I'm pretty good at algebra.... I'll be your personal tutor!!! And if we can't figure it out.... your sweet mother-in-law and sister-in-law don't live very far away!!!! HAHA! I'm proud of you!!!!
Deanna
Wow...very interesting. But I think you will come to find the lives of teens are very stressful. I counted all of the projects that i have due within the next few weeks and i counted tweleve including a 15 minuet speech, a 7 minuet speech, 2 posters, a science fair project, 2 newspaper articles, 2 movies for computer class, 2 projects for EdCom that my teacher just decided to tell me she entered without asking me, and another poster for science. Then if our project wins science fair (the top 10 do) we will have to take it to edcom too. Dealing with all of this with the stress of friends and family and just everything else in general is soo hard. I think that what you will expirence will make you think differently about teens. Parents always say...i understand ive been there. But they havent been there untill they have been through what we go through lol. Well anyway. talk to you later.
Emily
hey scott sounds like a hectic schedual but if u need mat h help i can help ya out but for drawing ur on ur own. lol hope u have fun
Chris Utley
P.S. See u at ONE tomorrow
I hope you coming back to school has made you understand more about the highschool and how we see things. Somethings that you might not see, but we do, are asking to drink, smoke, or do things that we woudn't want to do. The "pressures" in highschool you probably will not experience. Also some things that really get to people are relationships. People get really stressed about them and it really can mess up their whole day. Sometimes the teachers just do not realize that we have other things going on in our lives other than school and "their homework", not to mention I have atleast 2 hours of homework on my so called "weekend". There are just so many stories in highschool and it is all about the expeience. In highschool you want to try things and live life. People just think, "It's Highschool"!!
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