Friday, September 25, 2009

Diverstiy is Key...

On Monday we went to visit the middle school at which most of the university 101 students in our class will be mentoring. I, myself, will be mentoring a foreign exchange student here on campus, but I visited the middles school regardless. From what I could tell, this three-story school was bigger than my middle school, junior high, freshman campus, and High school camp use combined! I was extremely impressed by the art that was apparent everywhere you looked and by the selection of books in the library. What did not impress me, however, was the way the councilors around us kept insisting that they were not a high end school and that they were a very diverse group. They seemed as if they had had people point out their fancy tendencies and they were appalled at the thought. In short, they seemed a bit haughty of their standing. My only other grievance with them is that they have same-sex classes available. I understand it must be due to demand by parents, but this kind of thing has always rubbed me the wrong way. I expect that the mentors will thoroughly enjoy themselves there despite my grievances.

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  1. Sean,

    I appreciate your observations about Hand even if you won't be mentoring there.

    Jimmie

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