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Why to be happy school is finally starting

Posted on by Standard Respond

Everyone is so horrified by the fact school is coming back, saying that they wish that school wouldn’t start till like Christmas.

But what they don’t think about is that there is an exact amount of work that has to get done over the course of the year, so basically , we would still have to get done all the work that we missed, just have much, much less time to do it in.

So tell me, which would you prefer, having to quit every moment of your social and out of school life for homework, or go to school and have enough time to get it done PLUS have a life outside of school. You tell me.

Hi-Ho Hi-Ho Its back to school we go

Posted on by Standard Respond

I really can’t say I’m excited for school to come back, but i also can’t say I’m sad. I’ve kind of missed everyone over the break, and we’ll all see each-other again on Monday, so that’ll be fun and stuff. Though I am very happy that the teachers and government came to the agreement, I am still disappointed with how much school will be changed for the worse for future generations. For one, schools are getting rid of Libraries (or in some cases just the librarian) and my sister tells me that many schools are loosing cafeterias…

But at least the teachers didn’t fully loose, cause that would be much, much worse. We probably would have such big class sizes that it would end up like college courses size, gym would start sucking even more due to the lack of new gym equipment, Schools would probably loose their computers labs, there would be no support for the mentally challenged, schools that still used text books would start having to share them even more, and not be able to study because they couldn’t take them home, and worst of all, the Inquiry Hub probably would have shut down, our sanctuary for those who just don’t fit quite right in normal high schools.

But lucky for everyone, the teachers and government came to an agreement, and now school is back, and not as bad as it could be. Let’s not complain about what sucks, let us be happy that what would have been even worse didn’t happen.

Let’s be happy with what we have, and grateful that it’s not as bad as it could be.

Teacher Strikes Cut into School Time

Posted on by Standard Respond

I support the teachers fully and all… but it certainly is making a lot harder to pass grade 9. Cutting into days when i could take tests and certainly removing much potential inquiry work time. And with news soon of a full out strike instead of just this rotating one, this is a bigger deal than most people realize. This stops year end field trips from happening, it takes up time students could work on their finals, and certainly cancels a lot of school grads or proms.

Let us pray that this does not carry on next year, that the government finally gives in and returns to properly funding schools instead of having them resort to fundraising for everything. Schools really need the funding to keep going, the government talks about a better tomorrow, but they really need to think about a better today as well, for without a better today then there will be no better tomorrow.