Prompt #22 Big School or Small School?

 If I had to choose between a big school or a small school, I would probably choose a small school.  Although I have never gone to a big school, I think I prefer small schools.  Being in a small school, you get to easily know the people there, since there are not as much people in small schools.

 

I like the fact that in a small school, there are not a huge amount of students.  I think 30 students in a class is enough.  When we are in a small class, it is much easier for a teacher to identify a student.  It also gives teachers more time to focus on a single student.  If it were a big school, teachers would have a hard time helping a single student since there are so many students.  Sometimes having a lot of students can overwhelm a teacher with paperwork and grades.  Having a small class can also involve all of the students in the lesson. 

I also like the fact that in small schools, you don’t lost very easily.  I am neither the best navigator nor have the best memory.  I tend to get lost easily and forget where I’m going sometimes.  Having a small school cuts down on the time searching or walking to class, unlike in a big school, you might have to run to your next class or try to find someone to help you navigate through the campus.  Also, I am not very talkative and am shy.  This makes me very slow to make friends sometimes.  In small schools, people tend to know everyone since there are not a lot of people and everyone in your grade is in every class you are in so it is easier to make friends with everyone.  In big schools, there are hundreds and even thousands attending classes.  That means that there are a lot of people, some that you see in like only one class or never at all, they may be in your grade but you just never had a class with them.  I am also kind of claustrophobic, if I am surrounded by a mass of people I tend to freak out sometimes and try to find either a secluded corner or find an exit.

Although I am not a big fan of big schools, I am really curious to know what it really is like in one.  I have many assumptions like I would not be able to make as much friends, get lost all the time, and being surrounded by a mass of people in hallways.  I think my assumptions may be wrong and I am willing to see if they are.

Prompt #21 what are the things that I would teach and not teach to my children? How would my children do differently?

 Although I don’t have any children yet I think it is important to think of what I would want to teach my children when I have them. 

The first thing that I would want to teach my child is to always be honest.  I do not want to have my children lying all the time.  Lying would break down the trust that others would have for them.  So I want to make sure that they will always tell the truth.  I also want them to trust me and to be honest to me, which is what all mothers want their children to be to them.  I want to be the person that they know who will always be there to listen to what they say.  I want them to know that I will always be there for them with a helping hand.  There is no reason to be dishonest to me. 

Secondly, I would teach my children that family is very important.  I want to develop a very close bond with my children where they can always come to me for trouble.  I also don’t want my kids to constantly be raised by nannies or babysitters.  That would just make the bond between the parents and child kind of weird, or at least that was how I had felt.  I was not very close to my parents when I was young, I was already pretty independent for my age, usually doing things all by myself.  I don’t want my kids to feel like that.  Teaching them that family is important would also help them learn how to raise their own kids.

Thirdly I would teach them to just be themselves.  I want to teach my kids that its okay to be weird, its unique!  I don’t want them to change who they are for the sake of being like everyone else.  I want them to love themselves and be happy the way they are.  I don’t want them to act or dress like other people.

The thing that I would not teach my children is lying and saying any profanities.  Lying is bad, and saying profanities is something that many people don’t approve of.  I would probably allow them to say a few profanities but only at home when there are no guests.

 

Prompt #20 Should SIS have uniforms or not?

 I do not think that SIS should have uniforms.  I am not a big fan of uniforms and I hope that uniforms do not happen in our school.  Uniforms are said to bring unity among the students and show school spirit.  I don’t think that this does not actually have anything to do with either school pride or unity.  I think it is kind of a nuisance and I know for sure that there are a lot of students in SIS that would rather to not have a uniform for school.

I don’t like uniforms mainly because I think they are ugly.  It looks ugly and is probably made of poor material.  I also don’t like to wear skirts.  I haven’t worn a skirt since like 5^th grade and don’t plan on ever wearing one anytime soon.  Uniforms were made to show a student’s pride for their school.  Honestly, I think a uniform kinda lessens a students pride for their school.  Many students might not like wearing the uniform and might want to rebel like messing with the uniforms and changing it to their kind of style.  If a school wants to show pride, I think it would be better if the students all wear the school colors, like for my school it is blue and green.  Having students wear their schools’ colors, it would show more pride than compared to just having students wear the uniform.  Allowing a student wear their own clothes can make them more excited to show off their school spirit.   Not only are uniforms dreary and boring to look at, it feels like it constricts students.  But having the freedom to wear your own clothes shows pride and a boisterous feeling around the school.

 

I don’t think uniforms show unity among students.  Sure now everyone looks the same, but that just shows that everyone is physically united.  I like that fact that having no uniforms shows individuality and freedom.  Having the freedom to express our selves can help show diversity and culture.  If we had to wear uniforms, there would be no culture, diversity and no expression.  We would loose our diversity and individualism.  Having all students wear the exact same thing can easily make everyone forgetful it would pretty hard to find someone in a school were every looks pretty much the same.  It would be very hard to standout if everyone looks exactly the same.

Uniforms are also a financial burden.  We already have to pay a lot for school, and now we would we have to purchase uniforms.  Some parents might not have enough to purchase the uniform and also we would have to buy more than one uniform since we would have to wear it daily.  Wearing it daily also means the constant washing of the uniform.  That would also waste a lot of time, having to wash it over and over again.  That also deteriorates the fabric of the uniform over time.

If SIS enforces uniforms, there would be many disapproving students and parents.  Uniforms don’t show any pride or unity among the students.

Prompt #19 If I could bring back one person from the dead, who would he or she be and what would I serve for dinner?

If I could bring any person back from the dead and have dinner with he or she; I would most definitely like to bring back my Lola (grandma).  She had passed away about two years ago and I really miss her a lot.  She lived in the Philippines and my family and I always visited her every year during Christmas and summer breaks.  She had always been sick because she had suffered a stroke when I was really young and it had enabled her to speak and move properly.  Because of that, she only stayed inside the house and wasn’t able to leave the house to got to other places like restaurants and the malls.

Because of her inability to communicate and because I live so far away and to only visit just a short amount of time, we were not very close.  Every time I visited her, I knew that she could never remember my name, I knew that she remembered me by just looking into her eyes and see that familiarity and happiness of see her one of her very few grandchildren.  Unlike my father’s side of my family, where there are tons of grandchildren and great grandchildren crawling all over the island, on my mother’s side, it is a very small family consisting of only three grandchildren.  Those grandchildren are my two brothers and I.  I think it must have been lonely for her to barely see her grandchildren. 

That is why I would like to bring her back and have dinner with her.  I would then be able to ask her a lot of questions and get to know what she was like when she was young.  All the things that my mom has told me about her was that she was strict and orderly, but I think that there was more to her character, I want to know where my mom got her brains and surprising fighting skills and strength from, possibly from her?!?  I would also ask her for embarrassing stories about my mom.  When my mom was young, she was very naughty and seemed like she was very troublesome.  I would ask her what my grandpa was like, because he too passed away before I was born. 

I would probably serve all of her favorite foods and everything that she couldn’t eat when she was sick.  Since she was sick, she only had a very limited choice, all of which she clearly had distaste for.  It would be amazing to have a chat and dinner with her!!

Another person I would like to bring back would be my older brother, who would either be a senior in high school or a freshman in college. It would be really nice if I could actually meet him.   I had always wanted an older brother.

If I could bring back a celebrity, I would most definitely bring back the legendary Freddie Mercury.

Prompt #18 playing computer games is a waste of time and should not be allowed. Do you agree or disagree?

I do not exactly agree nor disagree with the subject.  Playing computer games can be a very good thing and even a bad thing. 

The good thing about computer games is that it is like a stress relief.  Sometimes, people, probably mainly students, use computer games or video games as a sort of stress relief. It takes their mind off of their troubles and stress in school and it’s a fun thing to do, you don’t have to get up and move, you just sit and use you hands and eyes.  Playing also can improve hand and eye coordination, gives you a better eye for spotting details and can even help socially. There are many people out there that also enjoy playing computer games.  Many people like to come together to like other people’s house and play together, and even in online gaming, you can meet other people who are also playing the game who live in different places.

 

The bad thing about computer games is that it might even become addicting.  Some people would rather play all day and not do anything, its mostly goes for students.  Many students are failing classes because of their addiction to playing computer games.  They might play all day or night and ignore their homework and studying.  It can also cause obesity and laziness, playing computer games does not make you do any physical work.  All you do is sit and look at a screen, there is not much physical movement used at all.  People might become lazy to move and just want to play their game so they might just eat junk food cause its fast and cheap to get.  Obtaining the games too, must be very costly.  Buying a video game could cost from $20 to $70, I think that’s pretty expensive.  It can also be bad socially too, while it may help socially it can also ruin social skills, if you become addicted.  You might not want to go out with friends or might loose interaction skills since playing alone all the time can make you forget how to interact in the real world sometimes.  It can also destroy eyesight.  If you play video games for an extremely long time with no rest, this could seriously damage your eyes, resulting in getting glasses.

Computer games can be a good thing and also a bad thing.  Although it may seem that there are more consequences playing games, if handled correctly like, managing the time spent on playing games and life, it could be a good thing and can help you.