I feel as if I don’t have a sense of belonging at Santa Clara High School. I don’t feel comfortable with my classmates. I am also finding that it is difficult to learn in the environment at Santa Clara High School. Many other students do not seem to focus during class and become distractions. Due to the fact that there are so many students in the class that it is hard to receive individualized attention from the teacher. It is challenging to have productive discussions and to do group work. From what I understand, in speaking with other students who are currently attending the Middle College program at Mission College, their classmates are much more mature and the class sizes are much smaller. Mission College would beneficial to me in
