Middle school

The household that I came from was not very good or positive. My father was not around very much, and not for work. Even though we lived with him. I had just moved to Poughkeepsie when I was 10yr old. I was in 5th grade at violet avenue elementary school. At this time, I had no friends and was not seen as an ordinary kid. People made rumors about me, not to mention that I had severe anger problems. I always kept to myself, did not really talk to anyone. Always got into fights which made my…

Ever since Gale Ranch opened, there has been a school dress code. Gale Ranch students melted into a pool of anger and are now breaking it. Some students don’t like dress code because they think it doesn’t affect their learning and it doesn’t allow them to express themselves. Students seem to ignore the fact that the dress code is there to make the environment easier to learn in, so that students would not be distracted by what other people are wearing. Staff at Gale Ranch makes sure students…

you have never seen before. As a first year teacher at Lowrey Middle School I am trying to understand the direction school leaders are taking in trying to make the school an effective school on different levels. Furthermore I will try to assess three different categories to help gain some background of the school and the path in which it is going. Decision-making, systematic planning, and evidence of a learning community at the school site I am currently at is what I will be researching and…

In my middle school years, I was quiet and didn’t like to engage in school life. I had a fear that I would make mistakes and embarrass myself. Later on, I discovered that life is all about taking risks and fighting through hardship. It was then that I realise that I can achieve many thing and become the person that I truly want to be. I totally changed, I became the leader/ organizer of the school chess team and school athletic council. It’s not about how many times you fall but how many times…

What I have learned through this assignment is that I need to plan on more questions being asked so that I can time better my lesson to the short periods as Sleep Giant Middle School. I also need to take into account that my CT likes to use worksheets as Summative assessments instead of Formative and I plan for that section of the class to take longer than expect therefore, I can’t lag in the beginning of my lesson otherwise I will not be able to have the students finish the activity making it…

Dogans middle school in Denver Colorado around the year 1997. In every school there is a group of friends but for me,I wasn't very popular, and I didn't have very many friends. I was one of those nerdy girls that had braces and glasses and was addicted to math. I was always on time for school and was a A+ student. Skipping forward to the end of first quarter there was a new kid that moved here his name was Ryan. Since all the teachers trusted me I was the person to show him around school. Now…

Walking into Kekionga Middle School I noticed a lot of differences from schools that I had visited previously. The most visible one being the school’s population and location. I had never observed at an urban school and have never felt such a cultural difference between me and the students. With a school population that was so diverse and not within the same background as I was, I immediately started thinking about my future teaching career and what I would do in that kind of atmosphere. I later…

Tren’Shun grew up and went to school all through pre-k to elementary school. When he was in the 5th grade he broke his leg playing little league football. He was out for a year and luckily he could come back his 7th grade year and return to football but he would be playing with a plate in his leg. It was a new challenge for him being different from all the other players with something inside his leg. Tren’Shun watched football the whole time he was recovering from the injury and he knew…

the doors of my new middle school. “Ugghh, I just want to be back in Brooklyn NY, going to school with my friends not here,' I think to myself brushing away at fast pace from an 8th grader class, full of giants who made me feel like a midget. “First day and you already missed the bus, and are 20 minutes late!!” I congratulate myself in my head, shaking it in disbelief. Realizing that I might be more late if I keep walking at my current pace, I start to speed walk. “This school is huge just like…

When I entered middle school, I struggled to relate to my peers. I left the ‘gifted’ program in fifth grade to experience a field trip only available for the mainstream group. When I returned to the program in sixth grade, things had changed. The other students didn’t exactly bully me--they didn’t throw me up against a locker and demand my lunch money. Instead, they simply ignored me when I asked questions and usually acted as if I didn’t exist. I couldn’t understand why then. My prior…