This week students at our school are taking the graduation exam, so everything’s been just a little bit weird. They’re testing in our classroom, so we’ve been displaced to a rather drafty room at the very end of the hallway, next to the outside doors. We have mostly seniors, so only a few still have to pass a portion of the exam. The library has something called Teen Tech Week for students without discipline referrals who want to go and play the Wii or Xbox while other students are testing. The library’s funding has been consistently zeroed out for the past few years, so they sell snacks and drinks during graduation exam week in an effort to replace some of that lost funding. Central Office employees have continued to maintain a presence in the building during testing, which is a little nerve wracking.
So far, the only problem has been what to do with students who don’t have to test and haven’t gone to the library. My 1st block class is currently studying Shakespeare’s Macbeth, so we’re having a Shakespeare film festival. I love the idea of exposing them to more of Shakespeare’s work, and it’s so much more fun for them to watch the DVD’s, especially when classes are off of the regular schedule and they end up spending four hours in one class and skipping another altogether. However, there is always the question of whether or not it’s appropriate to show full-length movies in class. I think as long as they’re connected to actual class work, it’s great, but I’m only an intern. :)
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