For this section, don't worry about accuracy. If a person has little first-hand experience with something, they have no choice but to use what they've read in books, seen in the media, or heard from others.
When you think of a small, rural school OR when you think of an urban, inner-city school, what do you imagine? Again, use good writing skills; help your reader to really see, hear, smell, taste, feel what you imagine this experience to be. If you were teleported there right now, what do you think it would be like?
When you comment on each other's posts, clear up any misconceptions you see about your school or your community. What would you like people outside your community to imagine?
The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of an inner-city, urban school is diversity. I imagine that the diversity percentage is much greater at Epic Academy than at Clintonville High. Due to it being in a larger city, I imagine that there are more things to do close by, and driving to the nearest city wouldn't take 40 minutes.
ReplyDeleteIt is diverse here at Epic; it is mostly Black and Hispanic students here, with mostly white teachers. In the beginning of Freshmen year, we kind of segregated ourselves to our own races, but now there is more interactions between us.
DeleteWhen I think of an urban inner city school, I think of a very large school, with a lot of students, where teachers do not get to know their students on a personal level. I think of students not being able to really walk to and from school because they live too far away and there is too much traffic.
ReplyDeleteMegan, in many cases yes teachers don't get to know many of their students. In Epic, however, this isn't the case. I know all my teachers very well and they know my struggles and interest. The transportation assumption is true as well.
DeleteWhen I think of an urban school setting, I think of huge schools where you don't know all of the kids even in your own grade. I picture packed hallways and bigger classes. That's what is common in movies, at least. Otherwise, I'm not really sure much would be different. It's still school and you're inside the building all day, and then you go home, or to a job, or to a sports practice.
ReplyDeleteHi Claire! Here at Epic our school is not like a movie at all. I know all my senior class mates and some of the lower grades students as well. Our school really not that big since it's only a size of 466 students, and the class size is 20-25 kids so Really some schools have little classrooms. What it's like to be at your school?
DeleteWhen I think about an urban setting, I think about A LOT of people, and I am not exactly that good with tons of people around me. I also think of a lot of crime, and homeless people (sadly). I think about everything being really close to everything because here we have to drive 45 minutes just to go to the mall, and 25 just to get some Taco Bell.
ReplyDeleteThinking of urban inner-city schools makes me think of where my older brother went to high school in Racine. I was only nine when he graduated, but I always remember how many people were there. Class sizes are SO much bigger, and there are so many different types of people. Seeing many different ethnicities is probably the biggest difference I can imagine between what I know of this small city high school and the bigger urban schools.
ReplyDeleteI think of an inner-city school as being diverse, many students, and many lunches. I did go to a school near Gurnee, Ill. for a band trip. I remember the schedule signs having about 4 different lunches. I feel that I would not get to know my peers as well since there are so many different classes and free periods.
ReplyDeleteI was from an urban area before I moved to Clintonville. We had nearly one thousand students in our school. There was no need to drive 20-40 minutes to go shopping since we had a mall five minutes away within the city. Coming to Clintonville was such a culture shock. Having to live in a town where 93.8% of the population is Caucasian was extremely bizarre because the city I used to live in was so ethnically diverse. When I think about urban inner-city schools like EPIC, I imagine such schools to be somewhat similar to the school I used to attend before I came to Clintonville.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of an urban school, I feel like they are A LOT bigger than our school. We have (usually) a little over 100 students per grade and I feel like an urban school would be 500 students per grade. I also feel like with so many students there would be a lot of diversity, and with all of the diversity there would be a lot of things learned, so I feel like people have more of an open mind are more willing to learn things that don't directly relate to their self.
ReplyDeleteWhen thinking about urban city schools, the first objective that come to mind is that school must within a city like epic is. Being in an urban city is big. For an example, Chicago is an urban city. Schools all around chicago are urban cities plus there are mixed races and religions and cultures/traditions that are celebrated. There are many restaurants in chicago that really are delicious. Additionally with mixed cultures within that school. In a inner-city school, I think of a small school with less diversity within it and also a specific spiritual beliefs like clintonville. If I was there I would think that I would be smelling food from all directions as clintonville would go. I further think that clintonville is very cool and have plenty of activities that people take part in.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of a rural school, I picture a small school building in the middle of a vast plot of land, with tumble weeds rolling in the wind. The air smells fresh unlike the city air that reeks of pollution. It has very little sound, only birds chirping and children talking. I don't picture many students attending school because of the town's population. I don't think there would be much diversity.
ReplyDeleteLol that is very stereotypical. Maybe I will figure out how to post a picture on here.
DeleteThe High School seems a tiny bit isolated because of the football field and the walking trail that's around it but it's actually very close to the Middle School, and the Preschool. There are houses all around the schools along with churches and things. The city itself is surrounded by fields and and farms though. As for the fresh air it actually smells like cow manure when heading out or into town but the town itself smells fine I guess haha. Clintonville really isn't that diverse with a very small amount of students being african american, hispanic, phillipino etc.
DeleteWhen I first think of an urban school, I think of a little town in the south where there aren't many stores, just food stores and a clothing store, not like a Walmart or Walgreen's, just a little grocery store on the corner called Maddies. I feel that it will be warm weather never too cold, just jacket weather. I feel that it smells neutral. This town has more adults then kids, but everyone knows everybody.
ReplyDeleteWe do in fact have a Walgreen's in our town. I live across the street from it.
DeleteWow really? I live around the corner from one.
DeleteIf I was in a Urban school I would think of a little town outside the big city. A neighborhood where everyone grow up together so they would know if something happen they would be able to tell the person who is close to them. I would think it would smell like fresh cut grass like when the baseball field is being prepared before the game. I would also think that it would be like a lot of festivals that everybody attend, and families having the cookouts, or have a chilies contest. I just think that it would be nothing like the city the nearest mall is 3 hours away and that it suppose to be like that because you want to have people to know each other not have a distraction
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty close. The air always smells fresh. There are a lot of small town festivals in the summer that my family attends. There is little to do in Clintonville. We basically have to drive an hour to go shopping or do anything fun. I do like how quiet my street is. If a car does pass my house, I know exactly who is driving it because not many cars drive past.
DeleteWhen I think of a rural school I think of a big school surrounded by a rural setting. With a huge football field, all of the kids in town attend there, and average size classes. I think the classes are the same as the urban schools and the teachers are very supportive and friendly.
ReplyDeleteThis very accurate. Football games are a whole town event usually
DeleteThat is a great image. It is pretty close to what our school is like. The only difference is that the high school is right next to the middle school on the edge of town. We have a field to one side of us, but the other sides are houses and an elderly rehab building. The number of students that attend our high school is over 400 with roughly 20-30 per class, but there are some classes that have a smaller amount, like my Spanish 4 class. There are only 13 of us in that class. Our classes are probably similar to yours but we may not have as many options for our classes like at your school.
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