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What does your school look like?

CompUser said:
We have a couple programs actually, they have students from hartford come to our school, it is called "project choice". Unfortunately a great percentage of these students don't try at all academically, don't participate in school clubs and athletics (they have a 2nd bus for students that want to do sports, clubs, etc), and a lot of them get into trouble frequently.

There is also a thing where students from a school with few white people come to our predominantly white school (there are about 3 asian kids & 3 black people that live in our town that are in the entire high school). Students from our school go to the predominately black school. They usually do the switch once a month for 1 day.
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so you are saying a predominately black school is likely to be an urban poorer school?
 
eva01 said:
so you are saying a predominately black school is likely to be an urban poorer school?
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No. I am saying that my school is not diverse so they try to make it diverse and give option to kids living in hartford. I am also saying my school is not diverse and they are trying to expose us to different people.

And I was resonding to thedude's post
thedude110 said:
It blows my mind when people think that one dollar goes as far in an urban distrcit as it does in a suburban district. It costs more to educate students in the city -- but until people admit that, we'll just keep scuffling along with dramatic inequality.

We pretend we're in this democracy, and look at the way we're educating that democracy. Look at the advantages of certain citizens over other citizens in something as fundamental as access to literacy. Who are we preparing as leaders, who are we preparing as voters, and worse, who are we preparing (implicitly) as prisoners? More simply: If the schools look this different, imagine the differences in the expectations of the teachers.

I'm glad your school is so beautiful, and I'm glad you have such a wonderful library, CompUser. I wish there was a school exchange program -- so my kids could see what education looks like for you, and so that the students at your school could see the day to day reality for so many urban kids.
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The wrong use of tax dollars if you ask me. Schools do not need to look that ritzy, but they do need more quality on the "real" part of education. Spend less on the building on more on what students really need.
 
CompUser said:
No. I am saying that my school is not diverse so they try to make it diverse and give option to kids living in hartford. I am also saying my school is not diverse and they are trying to expose us to different people.

And I was resonding to thedude's post
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exactly my point and you said a black school while he was talking about an urban school

black school does not equate to an urban school.
 
killuminati said:
What is?

Having nice schools? You've got to be joking.
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Did I say that? I'm not against spending on education. Perhaps I should have spelled that out. But that school is a bit much and IF YOU READ MY POST I said less money could have been spent on making the school "look" good and more should have been put to teaching and whatnot.
markkk! said:
If she is serious...

Then jadekitty24,

no one asked you.
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That's fine, I don't recall caring what you think...
 
jadekitty24 said:
Did I say that? I'm not against spending on education. Perhaps I should have spelled that out. But that school is a bit much and IF YOU READ MY POST I said less money could have been spent on making the school "look" good and more should have been put to teaching and whatnot.
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I'm sorry but all I saw and still see in your post is "Wrong use of tax dollars if you ask me."

I don't see anything about less being spent on the building and more towards teaching but if that is what you meant, then yes I do agree with you.
 
well, here is my place of education...
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st.paul's school, just off the thames. about 900 pupils [all boys:( ]
here is their website, if you're interested - http://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk/page.aspx?id=8158
 
killuminati said:
I'm sorry but all I saw and still see in your post is "Wrong use of tax dollars if you ask me."

I don't see anything about less being spent on the building and more towards teaching but if that is what you meant, then yes I do agree with you.
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Yes, we are on the same page. My bad- I somehow screwed up my post, I got distracted and did not yet fix it. I see how you got the wrong impression, and I apologize. My post now reflects my true feelings.
How the hell did I do that? I think I was in the middle of editing it and my damn roommate won't stop bugging me:-(
 
Whoa! This is all getting a bit heated. We're supposed to be looking at each others schools :eek:

I don't have any photos of mine, but I'm busy looking through random shot on my phone to see if I have any with the library in the background (it's very pretty :))

*calm*

Uber
 
Here's my school.. This is a really bad photo since it's not even the front--it's the side where the buses come in. It was built in 1987 or something and it's supposed to be built around this 'innovative' design in which some classrooms only have 3 walls, with the 4th wall being replaced with the HALLWAY. So, if another class is..having class.. you get to hear them if you are in an open classroom.

Plus, since there are no doors in those rooms, you can't leave anything in there or it's likely that it will get stolen.

Anywho, it's sort of ugly inside. I'm not about to go take photos (my camera doesn't fit in my pocket and it will get stolen if I don't keep it with me), though.

We're the 120th in the state, out of 240 schools. We basically get the bad people rejected from the other schools in the district.. the other high schools around here aren't so bad.

However, there are a few great teachers.. one of them who triple-majored in science, math, and physics in only 4 years. A couple are really bad, too. Plus, the administration is clueless.

I don't like my school. Hah!

http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/schools/sc.html
 

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Coolnat2004 said:
Here's my school.. This is a really bad photo since it's not even the front--it's the side where the buses come in. It was built in 1987 or something and it's supposed to be built around this 'innovative' design in which some classrooms only have 3 walls, with the 4th wall being replaced with the HALLWAY. So, if another class is..having class.. you get to hear them if you are in an open classroom.

Plus, since there are no doors in those rooms, you can't leave anything in there or it's likely that it will get stolen.

Anywho, it's sort of ugly inside. I'm not about to go take photos (my camera doesn't fit in my pocket and it will get stolen if I don't keep it with me), though.

We're the 120th in the state, out of 240 schools. We basically get the bad people rejected from the other schools in the district.. the other high schools around here aren't so bad.

However, there are a few great teachers.. one of them who triple-majored in science, math, and physics in only 4 years. A couple are really bad, too. Plus, the administration is clueless.

I don't like my school. Hah!

http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/schools/sc.html
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That hill is kinda...cool.
Its all perfect. hah.
 
Here is the entrance to the Auditorium and 2nd Gym Area and the greenhouse thing (of course built where there is little sunlight so they have to use lights all the time)
 

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