In Class Observations (First Day in The Map)

Even before I touch basis on how it was being back in a classroom at my alma mater I'll first discuss how the feeling was. I walked in to even get into the school you need to be buzzed in. You can't enter the office without being paged in. I'm assuming that is for security purposes. That was new because it wasn't like that when I was there. We weren't in the new school. We were in the old raggedy school. I spoke to the new principal who was my teacher back in my freshman year of high school. We laughed and joked around how mature I've become and talked about some tragic incidents I've overcame. Then they walked me to the classroom I was going to be in. Now let's go back a little more. To even leave the office and enter the school part you have to be buzzed out again. So first you need to be buzzed in to enter the school, then you need to be buzzed in to enter the hallways. You walk further down to get to the school hallways you need a special key card. If you don't have one of those you will not be able to get anywhere. Only administrators have those. By this time a lot of things are running through my mind. The first thing is this is similar to jail. You can't walk freely without having to be buzzed in everywhere. Not only that you have to have someone walk places with you. That is also similar to jail because that is like you're being escorted by a guard. My mind is still wondering, so I'm basically observing every move. Next thing you know I noticed there are only two floors. The floors are shaped like a big square. DUH!!! that is similar to how jails are again. With that being said look at the initial environment the kids are put in. What are you trying to prepare them for is the question I had running through my mind? They have these things called hall sweeps basically meaning if you aren't in class by the bell you'll face a consequence. Can you imagine how depressing that is every single day. Not having the freedom to do anything on your own basically. But remember high school is supposed to be preparing you for the real world, college etc. I don't think that's the right image. I don't blame the faculty at all I blame the structure of society but that's another subject for another day. I entered a computer class it was okay. The kids were doing their work for the most part, but I had those previously stated things on my mind so that over-shadowed my first class experience.