Animo Charter High School Research Paper

October is a long month with no vacation days and many school events. This can be stressful for teachers so they may start a game. The game can consist of something like the Spoon game last year where teachers attacked each other for others spoons. But this proved a bit too stressful for teachers. So this year the game being played by these teachers is a chip game.

Who is the Mastermind behind it all?
Brian Thomas-Reed, Assistant Principal of Animo Pat Brown Charter High School is the man behind it all! Mr. Reed created the chip game as a method to relieve stress for teachers because as mentioned above, October is a tough month for teachers, So he started to game to keep these teachers excited. He wishes to keep all teachers moral high and wants them all to have fun as well, “Teachers like to have fun, October is usually a stressful month, so to keep spirits high we like to play a game every …show more content…
When asked, why does she think Mr.Reed started this game oppose to the more competitive last year spoon game last year, she said, “Teachers tend to be more on edge on October, the game needs to be more mellow than before”. Ms.Wu last week winning score was 169 points! This won her prize for the week. Her prize was a potted plant and a five dollar starbucks gift card which she claims she loves. She also believe that while the game’s purpose is to relieve stress, she thinks some people are taking it too serious. When asked if she thinks it is fair, she does mention some teachers do have it easier with advantages but nothing you can get around. Ms.Wu isn’t as serious of a collector of these chips a like before because it is starting to become a distraction to some teachers and she does not wish to be apart of it. “At first, I thought it was all in good fun… then I realized some people took it more serious than others, so then I decided to back