Starting At A New School

Schools systematically subjugate minority and black students when a school’s enrollment contains a huge racial majority. If students have no exposure to persons of different ethnicities, cultures, races, and religions, then these students will experience culture shock when they confront “other” people. Even in our class, we talk about black and minority students as another group, one that differs from “us.” We think about the inequalities in school systems as problems we need to fix, not as problems that have influenced our thinking and affect us as prospective teachers. For example, a white graduate student with

In my junior year of high school i stepped out of my comfort zone to learn about something I am very passionate about. Continuing to senior year, every morning I take cosmetology classes. In the morning I get to school early so I can get on a bus to take me to a different school. I spend half my day there and the other half of my day at my regular high school. Going to a new school can, sometimes, be difficult and stressful. When you are used to seeing the same faces everyday this is a big adjustment. Starting a new school, you go in not knowing anyone. This school made it easier because everyone is in the same situation. The students are combined from all the other schools, in my city, make up the classes. This being said, everyone goes into school not knowing anyone. This brings me a sense of comfort knowing that everyone around me is in the same boat. As the year went on, I became more comfortable and

I wasn’t sure what would become of me. It was peculiar, really. What was I supposed to expect? I was beginning a new school for the first time, and no high school movie could have prepared me for the years ahead. Come June, however, I beyond a doubt realized what was to become of me.

A student named Arnold Spirit Jr. recently transferred to Reardan High School, the only all-white school near the reservation. This student relocated himself from the local school on the reservation to the school off of the reservation. Our team asked Arnold a few questions about the swap, here’s what happened. We asked about what the members of the reservation would think of his switch “I think they will disrespect me more than they already do, they will definitely pick on me a lot more” said junior we then asked how he feels about the mascot of the new school being an Indian and if he takes offence to it. “I think knowing I’m the only other Indian in an all-white school brings attention to it.” We then asked if he was going to try to make friends or just go to get an education. “I will start by focusing on the transition to the new school. I am thinking about trying out for the basketball team at Reardan, but I am a great shooter”

Summer has finally come to an end and now you are expected to head your way back to school. The first day back may be tiresome to many due to putting an end on happiness summer brought. For other back to school is the time of their life. New bag, bottles, clothes, and pool of stationeries filled their sight. However, you may feel you know a school is a place for learning. It's a place where you form new associates, come in contact with people of different nature and form new ideas and habits. Everyone's experience is different and it's one to remember.

Learning as well as teaching has taken 180 turnabout. As educators we are competing with technology and dysfunctional home-lifes. However, one thing that never changes is fear of the unknown or change. The first day of school is P for everyone involved. Providing learner-centered “getting to you” activities allows students opportunities to not only get to know one another, but it also enables them to make personal connections.

In the United States, there is a long history of unequal treatment among ethnic minority groups, particularly for African Americans. Unfortunately, this injustice also appears in education. Sociologists have affirmed the importance of education in shaping the economic and social prospects of individuals. As all communities in the United States have been diversified, it becomes crucial to recognize and properly deal with diversity within the classroom. All students should be guaranteed to have equal opportunities for quality education at school. However, racism is still prevalent in many schools today (Beswick, 4, 1990, Pennino, 2007). Racism now has different forms, like the individual instructions student can get from their teachers, and the acceptance of students among their classmates. These can have negative and lasting effects on students even when they leave school. Students must not experience any type of stereotyping, ethnic prejudice or racial violence in schools. Asante (2003) said: "Racism in education can not be overcome by the expression of goodwill, it must be constantly confronted in all conscious ways" (p.223).

The first day of school is very scary. It is even scarier for children. Why? Well, because all children are different. We have children who are very interactive with others and those who are quiet and shy. For children making friends is much easier than it is with

Starting 6th grade at a new school was hard for me since I didn’t think people would like me or I wouldn’t fit in. This school was smaller than my last school because each grade only had 30 students, which wasn’t a lot compared to 100 students in my last grade. I made new friends and fit in perfectly because everyone was different. 6th grade was a disaster for me, since I wasn’t good at reading or writing and therefor I got bad grades. 7th and 8th grade were much better and I became closer to my friends. Whenever I hear “Viva La Vida,” I think about the time when my choir class performed this in front of the whole school. When I hear it in the car, I will sing to it and remember the good times in middle

After getting my schedule and my locker, my mom helped me figure out where all my classes were on the school map. We walked the route together multiple times until I felt comfortable with my schedule. Because of this, on the first day of school, I wasn’t worried about going from class to class. I had already figured out my schedule, so the only problem I had with the first day of school was finding friends and finding a place to eat

When I first entered Hillsborough Middle School as a student nearly two years ago, I admit that I was slightly nervous for what was ahead of me. I expect all of you to have similar experiences on your first day, and if you say otherwise, you must be lying. Entering a new and unfamiliar setting can take some getting used to. Making your way through the halls was surely difficult that day. On the other hand, the feeling of uncertainty that I was facing was mixed with excitement. New classes meant new friends and experiences. I could not wait to discover

We all have different kinds of the first day of school experiences, but for every student, I feel that stepping into the first day of school as a freshman would mark as the most memorable day in all high school years. Before the first day of school, I quickly thought that my freshman year would turn into the toughest and saddest year in my experience. My best friend would not attend the same high school with me, which already gives me many conclusions of how sad and hard of a school year it would result. However, maybe things will turn out differently than we think if we just change something about our way of living it.

In the United States, there is a long history of unequal treatment among ethnic minority groups, particularly for African Americans. Unfortunately, this injustice also appears in education. Sociologists have affirmed the importance of education in shaping the economic and social prospects of individuals. As all communities in the United States have been diversified, it becomes crucial to recognize and properly deal with diversity within the classroom. All studnets should be guaranteed to have equal opportunities for quality education at school. However, racism is still prevalent in many schools today (Beswick, 4, 1990, Pennino, 2007). Racism now has different forms, like the individual instructions student can get from their teachers, and the acceptance of students among their classmates. These can have negative and lasting effects on students even when they leave school. Students must not experience any type of stereotyping, ethnic prejudice or racial violence in schools. Asante (2003) said: "Racism in education can not be overcome by the expression of goodwill, it must be constantly confronted in all conscious ways" (p.223).

Well as I know when you enter a new school you need to survive because you need to make new friends some people are going to talk to you because you don’t have friends in the room or in the school, the hard thing is when you are in lunch and you are alone because you don't have friends to talk some people are going to sit with you and they are going to talk with you. I know survive is hard in the new school, because everyone is looking at you, and you don’t know everyone, and some people start making faces to you because you don’t have friends in the school. Survive can be hard and easy, because you need to talk right to the teachers, and to the students, like me, when it was first day in school i don’t know everyone and I don’t have friends in the classroom. So i need to survive and make new friends, and i need to talk right to the teachers, because they get mad when you don’t talk right to them. So it was so hard to me to survive that room because people will

One out of one hundred people say the first school is the hardest. Getting ready for the first day of school is so easy. In order to have a first good day you should go to Open House get your materials, go shopping ,and figure out your routine. In order to have a good first day follow these steps.