High School

[Epic B]

Being a junior in high school has it's ups and downs.

Ups? Well, uh, I guess having friends that stick with you all the way

Downs? My school has wannabe street racers

I'm in Grade 11 now (I'm pretty sure that's considered a senior year, at least where I go), and I've never had to deal with anything like that. Mainly cause I don't specifically know any students who drive there and I've always walked to school, like I've been doing for the past 11 years. And now I've gotten to the point where I can get to school almost an hour before the first block starts.

 

[EF12345678]

I can understand accelerating quickly up to the speed limit (I have a tendency to do that [on gravel roads where I drive @ 35 mph]), but exceeding the speed limit should only be for emergencies. Otherwise, you're putting other people in danger.


I've seen my fair share of idiots even though I don't drive.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

When I was a student, my school had a novel approach to deterring idiots in cars - a pothole the size of a roasting pan.

 

[Kamata GTR]

When I was a student, my school had a novel approach to deterring idiots in cars - a pothole the size of a roasting pan.

Ouch.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

That's actually brilliant. People have to be alert with potholes since a deep pothole can really ravage a suspension. That would probably work better than speed bumps since most of the idiots would have cars in the shop instead of cars in the school parking lots.

 

[Aesthetics]

My school used to have a racing team. They used to race factory stocks at the local speedway. That's one way of solving it, I guess.

 

[disinfected]

My high school had a notorious twisty road out the back exit. Friend of mine rolled his Mustang avoiding a deer, and somehow walked away from it.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

That's actually brilliant. People have to be alert with potholes since a deep pothole can really ravage a suspension. That would probably work better than speed bumps since most of the idiots would have cars in the shop instead of cars in the school parking lots.

Technically, it was the council's road, and the council didn't fix it because they were broke. And they were broke because they were suspected of being corrupt, but they were later proven to be incompetent.

 

[Aki Ko]

My school has... nothing to stop people from speeding. It's a small road with lines on the ground... but nobody follows the lines. It's too easy to cause an accident... in fact, there was two or three accidents last year because nobody followed the lines or looks over their shoulder. It's the same amount of chaos after school ends.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

My college has nothing to deter idiots, but when I was still a high school student, I often saw the police at the end of the day with radar guns to make sure that people were doing the posted 15 mph speed limit. But when they were not there, people would just revert to being idiots.

 

[Crispy]

My high school had a notorious twisty road out the back exit. Friend of mine rolled his Mustang avoiding a deer, and somehow walked away from it.

Same with my school, Allen is only a few miles north of Dallas!

With speeding I have a few rules. If nobody is around than doing it for a few seconds or something is alright. If it is for an emergency than it is alright. If it is for keeping up with the flow of traffic then it is safer to speed than not to. Otherwise don't do it, it's not worth the risk.

 

[Astroboy2215]

At my school, we have teachers that the direct students that are leaving the campus. Once we get on the schools "driveway" two cop cars are stationed to watch traffic. We haven't had a accident during the day, but at night there was a big accident right in the parking lot. Some guy was doing 50 and thought he could make a sharp turn, but ended up mounting the front of of a students BMW while we was rounding the turn.

 

[Talon_Esi]

Well, my bus driver back up over a road sign today. He had to move out of the way for some other buses to get through and all of a sudden there was a load crunching noise. That's when we realized what happened and the bus broke out in laughter. The bus driver had the look of I really don't care on his face, after we picked up the middle school kids than went home. This made for a rather interesting day.

 

[EF12345678]

Well, my bus driver backed up over a road sign today. He had to move out of the way for some other buses to get through and all of a sudden there was a load crunching noise. That's when we realized what happened and the bus broke out in laughter. The bus driver had the look of I really don't care on his face, after we picked up the middle school kids than went home. This made for a rather interesting day.

We have some tight spots that are almost European size. The bus has to cut the curb daily, but who cares, the school pays for the tires.

 

[Johnny1996]

--snip--

Its not that I was ignoring your post, its just that I wanted to give my stress, frustration, etc. time to go away, which it has.

On the day that the original "thing" first happened, it wasn't exactly the best of days. After thinking, I reached the conclusion that I completely mishandled everything, and I do regret it. One key thing that I had failed to do was think before saying something, which I also regret.

Today, I tried to politely talk to the kid about my displeasure for what he was doing, and that I wanted him to stop. However, even after handling it as best as I could, I got a dirty look that said nothing short of "🤬 off, its my life and I can do whatever I want" and he went on about annoying me. Basically, I was the only one showing any kind of respect in the situation.

Now to address the points in your post:

So your idea of a true friend is someone who immediately and unquestionably does what you ask of them?

As above, acting and speaking without thinking first, which I regret.

I'm sure everyone feels depressed at some point in their lives. The difference is that most people don't hide behind it.

On days where things are really bad for me, which is often, I tend to hide behind it all, and every so often it occurs before I can catch myself.

You keep talking about his not respecting you. But respect is something that you have to earn. It's not something that you are entitled to. And between you intolerance, outright dismissal, and your repeated need to justify your actions, I haven't seen anything from you that is worthy of respect. You completely mishandled that situation.

As above as well; acting and speaking without thinking first, and handling the situation far from correctly doing so as a result.

The reality is that you are going to encounter people like this for the rest of your life. Sometimes they will exist at the periphery; other times, you will work with them on a daily basis. And (far) more often than not, you won't be able to discard them or dismiss them. For your sake, I hope you grow a thicker skin and learn some conflict resolution skills - because if you don't, you're going to be in for a rough ride.

Very true indeed, and starting next school day, I am going to be improving on everything I need to improve on with my life, including handling different situations and different people properly. I honestly don't like where my life is going, and I have to change that.

 

[ScottPuss20]

My school seems to be fascinated about Ebola-making jokes about it

 

[Doog]

Re: gotta go fast

My school just has a [tragically undersized] parking lot that you enter and exit, I guess; there's two roads that go specifically to the school, but they're not really useful to student traffic. Since all the roads around here are straight, the kids love to haul ass (straight-line ass is the easiest ass to haul). Since the school's in a relatively new area, the roads were not only built wide in anticipation of when the area becomes more developed, but they're also in good shape. The school has an upper middle class crowd, so some of the kids have newer muscle cars and such (usually the lame V6 crap). So yeah, there's a lot of testosterone-driven speeding around the area right after school. Those same kids end up posing a pretty big risk once the weather changes, though; I saw three student-driven Mustangs stranded - one got into an accident, the other two just conked out in traffic - on the road in a recent rain storm.

 

[Johnny1996]

In English class, we had presentations to do. Someone chose to do theirs on Babe Ruth, but they couldn't access the Prezi presentation they made because the page was blocked. Why was the page blocked? Because of the word "Babe."

But on a more serious note, that's a little extreme on the filters the school has in place. Then again, my school is really strict, sometimes very tedious, on things.

 

[Talon_Esi]

Had the pacer test today, did 60 laps which I'm proud of, it did kill my legs though. I moved very slowly throughout the day. Finally decided on a location for my photography project, but the rain that's going to be here for the next three days is not helping me lol. Hoping for a break in the bad weather this weekend so that I can go on my little hike and get some great photos. Other than that it's been a very slow week, not saying its been bad, just VERY slow.

 

[Epic B]

In English class, we had presentations to do. Someone chose to do theirs on Babe Ruth, but they couldn't access the Prezi presentation they made because the page was blocked. Why was the page blocked? Because of the word "Babe."

But on a more serious note, that's a little extreme on the filters the school has in place. Then again, my school is really strict, sometimes very tedious, on things.

Oh. The filters at the school I go don't block that. They've also stopped blocking YouTube as of the start of this year. Though the website blocking can be a bit... odd at times. Some things are justifiably blocked, while some things are blocked when there's no real need to, and for the wrong reason. Though it hasn't been too much of an issue.

 

[Ameer67]

Being productive in Algebra.

 

[EF12345678]

But on a more serious note, that's a little extreme on the filters the school has in place. Then again, my school is really strict, sometimes very tedious, on things.

Oh. The filters at the school I go don't block that. They've also stopped blocking YouTube as of the start of this year. Though the website blocking can be a bit... odd at times. Some things are justifiably blocked, while some things are blocked when there's no real need to, and for the wrong reason. Though it hasn't been too much of an issue.

My school blocks most things, including YouTube and words such as knife, which is annoying; however, I found that GTP was unblocked on my Mac (not my iPad though ). I do have a way to bypass the system though, my mom is a teacher in the district so a few keys and clicks later, everything is unblocked.

 

[Epic B]

My school blocks most things, including YouTube and words such as knife, which is annoying; however, I found that GTP was unblocked on my Mac (not my iPad though ). I do have a way to bypass the system though, my mom is a teacher in the district so a few keys and clicks later, everything is unblocked.

Nice. But wow, that sounds strict. But they block individual words? That's silly.

 

[EF12345678]

Nice. But wow, that sounds strict. But they block individual words? That's silly.

Yep, that's why I bypass it. They use iBoss to block and track us, I'm thankful it works district wide, otherwise I'd be a normal blocked student.

 

[Aki Ko]

My school... heh.

If you use the library computers at my school, you can go on YouTube and some other websites; it does block certain websites though. If you bring your personal computer and use the student WiFi, then you can't go on YouTube or majority of other websites. I know nothing about the censoring of words though.

GTPlanet isn't block on school or student computers so, YEEEEE BOOOIIII.
(We used to use the faculty WiFi, but someone let a teacher know we knew the password for the faculty internet, and a teacher got it restricted this year. It sucks...)

 

[Aesthetics]

GTP is blocked in my school. However, I have an early 7:00am class, and it's before the web restrictions kick in.

 

[Dan]

I personally think it's ridiculous to block YouTube in school. Yes, some may argue that it can be a distraction for certain students, however, many teachers rely on YouTube to aid in their presentations. Just having a PowerPoint with text on the screen does not help some students. They need visual models of concepts their teachers are discussing. Another thing I would like to mention is that listening to music can often significantly help students perform better in class. I always listen to drum n' bass mixes while creating stories in my Creative Writing class. I'm sure other students listen to relaxing music so they can pay attention their current task more easily; Kids with attention disorders will be calmer and more focused. Also, if the majority of the class is silently listening to music, that will help the students that need complete silence in order to work.

My major point here is that everyone learns and works differently. Why would you ever want to restrict something that will massively benefit a student's productivity and capacity for learning? The benefits of allowing students to use YouTube in school far outweighs the negative aspects. If your school does happen to block that website, I strongly encourage you to write a letter to your principal and address the important topics above. Include statistics, back up your claims, and explain it better than I could.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Well there is TeacherTube. But that's a silly site. As long as you have the right teacher you'll be fine. If not, oh well.

 

[Epic B]

GTP is blocked in my school. However, I have an early 7:00am class, and it's before the web restrictions kick in.

School for me starts at about 8:30. But I can get there before 8, cause I get up at 7.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I personally think it's ridiculous to block YouTube in school. Yes, some may argue that it can be a distraction for certain students, however, many teachers rely on YouTube to aid in their presentations.

Which is why staff have unrestricted access. And we can make selected content available to students by submitting it to the faculty for review.

Another thing I would like to mention is that listening to music can often significantly help students perform better in class. I always listen to drum n' bass mixes while creating stories in my Creative Writing class. I'm sure other students listen to relaxing music so they can pay attention their current task more easily;

As much as I appreciate that idea, there is rarely time for it in my class.

Kids with attention disorders will be calmer and more focused.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to behaviour management. What works for one child is not guaranteed to work for another.

Also, if the majority of the class is silently listening to music, that will help the students that need complete silence in order to work.

Not in my experience.

My major point here is that everyone learns and works differently. Why would you ever want to restrict something that will massively benefit a student's productivity and capacity for learning? The benefits of allowing students to use YouTube in school far outweighs the negative aspects.

Again, it's not a one-size-fits-all approach. The potential for learning might be great, but the potential for distraction is greater.