Growing up in a small school has been a huge part in my life. I have went to the same school system all of my life… Alwood School in a small town of 800 people called Woodhull in Illinois. I Started Kindergarten with many of the same people I graduated with. Going to a small school has many benefits along with also an equal amount of disadvantages. Some of advantages are getting personal attention from teachers, and more special opportunities that a bigger school wouldn’t be able to do. But also the disadvantages are having finical issues and lack of classes and recourses. And one final issue is of the amount of student enrolled. These are just some of the things I faced while attending school at Alwood.
One of the biggest advantages of going to a small school is the personal level you get with your teachers. They know literally every ones name and where they stand academically. The …show more content…
The graduation ceremony only took about and hour. The entire school fits high school fits on 3 school busses. Teachers remember teaching my parents. The high school has 88% of its students involved in FFA. There is one teacher for every subject and some times teachers teach other subjects as well. This is only a few of the things that prove that Alwood is a small school.
Even though going to a small school it has many down sides. The main issue is the poor finical situation. Attending a small school you learn to adapt to this issue. I experienced this first hand when I received my sociology textbook. The book print date on it was 1990 something. The pages are all creased and tore. It was written in and had marking and love notes written in the pages. The physical school started to show its age as well. The desks where the same that was pictured in a 1960s year book I found. Yes they still worked but may have been re welded by the shop
One of the biggest advantages of going to a small school is the personal level you get with your teachers. They know literally every ones name and where they stand academically. The …show more content…
The graduation ceremony only took about and hour. The entire school fits high school fits on 3 school busses. Teachers remember teaching my parents. The high school has 88% of its students involved in FFA. There is one teacher for every subject and some times teachers teach other subjects as well. This is only a few of the things that prove that Alwood is a small school.
Even though going to a small school it has many down sides. The main issue is the poor finical situation. Attending a small school you learn to adapt to this issue. I experienced this first hand when I received my sociology textbook. The book print date on it was 1990 something. The pages are all creased and tore. It was written in and had marking and love notes written in the pages. The physical school started to show its age as well. The desks where the same that was pictured in a 1960s year book I found. Yes they still worked but may have been re welded by the shop