18. If you could choose two things to change about our high school campus, what would they be and why?

If I could change two things from my school they would be some of the rules like the tardy rule, I would also change the mindset that is present at the  campus in this moment.

I would change the rule that states than if you are tardy five times or more you receive an “F” in citizenship grade, which you can only clear once a semester. I think that rule should not exist because it affects our grade, making us not eligible for certain programs like CSF which require grades higher than a “C” in both scholarship and citizenship. By being eligible for CSF you obtain the privilege to graduate in black while the rest of the students graduate in red or white. I have zero period which means I need to come to class one hour earlier at seven o’clock. Unfortunately for me, my dad goes into work at seven o’ clock which results in me sometimes waiting for my dad to get ready for work which to me being late. Most of the time I am late I am late for less than three minutes but I still suffer the same consequences. At the end of the semester I have being tardy twelve times but I can only clear five so, if I clear five of the times I have being late I am left with seven times being late resulting in an “F” for my citizenship grade. Probably teachers think that a tardy rule is necessary since there is students that are late for twenty or thirty minutes, but it is not always the student’s fault. In my situation I have to wait for my dad.

I would also change the mentality in the school campus, in the past months our school has been involved in several controversial issues that have created a negative attitude from the students toward the school. I have spoken to many students and they think that the school is not worthy of their education and they claim that they should move schools. This mindset creates an undesirable learning environment. Although I am not affected by this environment because the IB program students always show a positive, I feel that the rest of the students in the school need help realizing that the controversy should not affect their education.

I hope that I could change those two things from my school to have a better high school life for me and the other students of Castle Park High School.