Journal # 12

If I could make up my own rules I know that I would change a lot of things. I would change a lot of the school rules like this new thing called, Pace. It really isn't that great at all. We all have pace at the same time so we could go get help from other people. But, we aren't allowed to leave the room so I'm not sure how we are supposed to get help. If I could change the rules I would let students leave the room only to get help from other teachers. We also can't talk in our pace classes. So what is the point of pace if you can't talk to the other students and work together? I think students should be able to work together in pace. Then their is lash. I personally have never been in lash but I know people who have been in there. I think it is embarrassing for those students to have to walk into the small gym during pace. When you see the kids walking in there you know they are struggling with a class and failing. I understand that they are getting extra help and that is good but, they call the students out. I think it would be embarrassing to walk in there and all the people around you immediately know that you are failing. I think that the student should be able to choose whether they want extra help or not. So even the people who aren't failing that need help can go get it, too. That way people won't judge you when you walk in and know your failing. This new schedule really sucks. We really didn't have to change the schedule from last year. We could have kept the schedule from last year and it would have been fine. We could still see teachers and get work done. I think it could have been a little more structured to make students actually work.