The Year of Blandford “Everyone tell your name to five people that you have never met before,” said J.J. This was the start of a year that changed my life forever. Blandford forced me to make new friends, manage my time, and gave me the chance to do things that I never would have done before. I went to Blandford when I was in sixth grade, so it was only one year. At Blandford only sixty students were accepted, thirty in each class. There were two teachers there, J.J and Mrs. Mckay and each of the taught an array of subjects. Blandford mainly taught me to make sure that I tried my very best in academic, how to make new friends, and always to try new things. At Blandford academics is taken very seriously, which has helped me become a better
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“Always do your very best,” Mrs. Mckay would always say, the teachers always pushed us to do our very best in everything. That year I learned more than I had in the previous five years and this new knowledge prepared me for middle school. The school also got me ready for high school with all the work we received. When I was there my organizational skills improved humongously which also changed my lifestyle at home too. Finally, the long hours of homework impacted because I had to use time management to help me do homework while I was playing sports at the same …show more content…
For example, we had an event called International Night, this was an event that we prepared for by creating a poster about a country, each student picked their own country. This night required all students to make their own food from the country that they chose. For instance, I chose Finland and I had to make two dishes of Finnish food. We also practiced at school, dances that we would perform in front of everyone at International night. That night was very fun we ate a feast with 120 dishes to choose from and everyone enjoyed the dances that we prepared. At the end we all danced together, the two classes combined, and performed a foreign song and dance that meant goodbye. It was a fantastic
“Always do your very best,” Mrs. Mckay would always say, the teachers always pushed us to do our very best in everything. That year I learned more than I had in the previous five years and this new knowledge prepared me for middle school. The school also got me ready for high school with all the work we received. When I was there my organizational skills improved humongously which also changed my lifestyle at home too. Finally, the long hours of homework impacted because I had to use time management to help me do homework while I was playing sports at the same …show more content…
For example, we had an event called International Night, this was an event that we prepared for by creating a poster about a country, each student picked their own country. This night required all students to make their own food from the country that they chose. For instance, I chose Finland and I had to make two dishes of Finnish food. We also practiced at school, dances that we would perform in front of everyone at International night. That night was very fun we ate a feast with 120 dishes to choose from and everyone enjoyed the dances that we prepared. At the end we all danced together, the two classes combined, and performed a foreign song and dance that meant goodbye. It was a fantastic