Hobbs Chapter 2

Well these last few days of classes are going to be nothing but crazy and already starting off with hours in the library today is what my week will be like....so now onto Hobbs and slowly catching up with mt blogs.

The mission statement at Concord High School is as follows:

"Our community of learners will challenge and expect its members to realize their highest potential. Our community will create a positive learning environment through mutual respect and effective communication" (20).

Well, shouldn't that be the mission statement of every school? I feel like in school our teachers have lost their passion for what they are there for and just do their job to get paid, not to push their students to their highest potential to achieve all they can to go on to college, further their education and obtain a good job.

The block scheduling at Concord seems to be a great idea too. After being in high school going to the same classes everyday acting like a robot became boring very quickly. Changing things up and placing certain classes every other day give the kids to do homework and not worry about being bored for five days in a row, variation in my opinion is a good thing and I like the way they do their schedule.

The Media/Communication for English 11 classes is a great idea. It gives kids an idea of how English can relate to more than books and essays. This allows them to use their imagination and actually enjoy school because they are talking about things they like and they can easily relate to the technology because I am sure they use some sort of technology everyday some way some how.