School Meetings

First, I went to my little sister's Parents-Teachers conference at Mc Kinnon Middle School. I went with my sister who is 2 years younger than me. We went instead of my mom because she had to work, and she does not speak English fluently.
It was a good experience because that was the first time going into a middle school in my town. The school was nice, it was clean, and everything looked new. It was very bright in there, and everything looked organized. I am glad my little sister attends such a nice public school. When it was our turn to go in the classroom, me and my sister sat down, and we met my little sister’s teachers. There were four, and they teach Math, Science, English, and Social Studies. It was great to see how these conferences are conducted at schools. It was also interesting to hear what the teachers had to say about my sister. They said she is really loud, and acts like the class clown. I had no idea my sister was behaving like that at school because she just started attending there last September, and this was the first parent-teacher conference. I also learned that teachers talk about students’ grades, but they also tell the parents about the positive things about their kids, and the things the kids need to work on.
I told the teachers that I was an education major at MSU; they were glad to hear that, and I felt proud of my career choice. The Math teacher told me “That is good. There are not enough teachers.”

My other activity at a school was at Arts High School. I went with another girl from my Curriculum class to see a play the students were doing. It was called “The Exonerated,” and it is a true story about 6 people who were wrongly convicted, and sentenced to the death row. Many years later they were found innocent, but had lost a big part of their lives. There were 12 students on stage; the play was amazing, and I really enjoyed it. It was not what I had expected; the actors were not moving around the stage like I am used to; they just sat down, and told their stories. In most cases, it was like a monologue, but they did have some dialogues. It was totally different than other plays I have seen because it was really dark, and the only ones that we could see were the actors talking. The other kids were just sitting still. The dialogues sometimes occurred between a student in the middle of the stage, and another one far away, on the side of the stage. The lighting effect was really good.
I think those kids are really talented. They did a great job acting, and especially memorizing such a long speech, and one that had so many legal vocabulary. They looked really professional, and I think everyone in the audience was impressed with their performance. We talked to the Arts High School teacher who invited us to see the play. She was there to support her students, and was really impressed with what she saw that night. I am going to try to go to the other activities coming up at AHS because students need support, and because it is great to see how talented urban kids are.