March 21 2010 I migrated to the United States of America from India. August 21 2010 was my first day of high school. I was enrolled at the STMHS (Science and Technology Magnet High School) it was located in New London. I was exhilarated to start the year. STMHS was a “pubic school” meaning it was funded by the public and the students were not required to pay fees to attend the school. I found everything poles apart from the school I attended back in India. From the infrastructure to the janitorial staff. The first day of school reveled numerous characteristic about the school to me. On the first day all the incoming freshmen were gathered to the front lobby of school. Posted there on sheets of paper taped to the wall was the name of student and the room number
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sophomore year, first day of the school every teachers made an clear announcement that they are only going to prepare us for nothing but the CAPT test, because the head of . The testing was based on application and integration of skills and knowledge in realistic contexts. I am still wondering was it really based on the application and integration of skills and knowledge in realistic contexts. For the rest of the sophomore year the teachers of STMHS started to flood the brains of the students with information. The teachers used the methods of repetition and memorization. The teachers made the student do the same work over and over again. For example, the mathematics teachers would give us the questions of previous day homework to solve on the blackboard and the English teacher would make us use the same format of writing everyday. I still remember how the English teacher made the students write the five paragraph essay every other day of the class and told us to back all of our opinions to the There was explanation about the information the teacher were providing. The mathematics teachers provided the same questions with a different number everyday. As days passed the teacher continued and so did the
sophomore year, first day of the school every teachers made an clear announcement that they are only going to prepare us for nothing but the CAPT test, because the head of . The testing was based on application and integration of skills and knowledge in realistic contexts. I am still wondering was it really based on the application and integration of skills and knowledge in realistic contexts. For the rest of the sophomore year the teachers of STMHS started to flood the brains of the students with information. The teachers used the methods of repetition and memorization. The teachers made the student do the same work over and over again. For example, the mathematics teachers would give us the questions of previous day homework to solve on the blackboard and the English teacher would make us use the same format of writing everyday. I still remember how the English teacher made the students write the five paragraph essay every other day of the class and told us to back all of our opinions to the There was explanation about the information the teacher were providing. The mathematics teachers provided the same questions with a different number everyday. As days passed the teacher continued and so did the