Case Study Of Jarren In Waipahu Intermediate School

Once upon a time, in the year 2013, on the island of Oahu, there was a student who was going to start the beginning of 7th grade in Waipahu Intermediate School. That student was a boy named Jarren Calizo. In Elementary, Jarren was a very determined academic student who always strived for ME (meets exceeds) grades, the elementary version of an A, and ended up achieving perfect grades every time. He worked independently a lot of times and helped confused classmates.
During the summer of 2013, Jarren made a goal that he would achieve solid straight A’s throughout his entire 7th grade year. However, the beginning of his Intermediate experience ended up being rather unpleasant, with his goal remaining unaccomplished for a time. He didn’t know the reason why this task was so difficult. The person who prevented Jarren from achieving his goal was his GT (Gifted and Talented) english language arts teacher, Ms. Rosario. Tall in stature and wielding a frighteningly loud angry voice, she was the most intimidating …show more content…
As the bell rung for passing time, he exited his homeroom and quickly pulled up his planner to find where his period one english class was on the school map. After scouring the unfamiliar map, he was able to spot the class. Luckily, he made it there on time. As he took his seat, he noticed some of his former friends in elementary, and also saw new faces from different elementary schools. As the bell rung, the teacher introduced herself as Ms. Rosario. At first glance, Jarren thought that she was actually a good teacher and he would be able to improve his reading and writing skills from her. However, although he was not wrong about the improvement of his reading and writing skills, he did end up rethinking his thoughts of her being a good teacher. Her expectations for her students were way more than he could’ve ever