There are some things that you can’t take back. You make a comment, the words are flying around in the air–hard to take back. You can say “just kidding” if people took offense, but you did just say it, so there’s that.
You also can’t take back things you put in writing. You can’t say you didn’t mean what you wrote because you put it in writing, looked at it (you did look at it, didn’t you) and then hit SEND. The black and white world doesn’t show facial expressions, and tall old men aren’t big on emojis, so sometimes a reader could misconstrue what was intended.
I hear, and I really have heard this now from more than one person, that many people are waiting to take our school back. When administration comes and goes, it always offers a little bit of hope–something to look forward to, if you will. And by “many people,” I have heard that MANY people want things to change on campus. I’ve heard this.
It reminds me of the Make America Great Again movement. Oh, calm down. It reminds me of that movement because people have asked when America was so great. And that’s the deal with schools–what makes them so great? What are the programs and classes and activities and clubs and sports and students and teachers and everything else that contribute to the zeitgeist of it all?
What makes people excited about a school?
My wife and I moved into the Redondo Union High School District because we wanted Anton (the boy!) to have a little excitement (fun?) in school. Redondo is very impressive from the road–it almost looks like a college. But these are the classes they offer for English credit that aren’t the same-old–Multi-Cultural Literature, Speech and Argument Through American Literature, Noir Literature of Los Angeles/Literature of the 1980’s, Creative and College Writing, RULA: Understanding Culture Through Literature and Design, Film Criticism and Theory, Expository Reading and Writing, Literature of Self and Society. They have the greatest hits, too–9th through 12th with honors and AP.
I teach where the only different English classes are APN (offered only to Seniors) and Online English for juniors and seniors.
Alright people, for I hear there are many of you out there–let’s get it back. I’m tall enough where I don’t need a soapbox. Want fun and excitement? Create it. Let the people who fear change get run over by it. Power to the people. Mic drop.https://youtu.be/OdbrVRc2l5U