The First Post
Most of the students in Honors English have their blogs online by now. This is a new experiment, an attempt to take the online program a step farther than we did last year, when we had five or six in-person meetings every term. The problem was that no matter how hard we tried to make the meeting times easy for everyone to attend, half the class was just too busy. I've noticed that most people who bother to sign up for a voluntary honors class are also involved in a variety of other time-consuming pursuits. It's not surprising that intelligent and talented people stay busy and productive, but it does surprise me that some teenagers today never seem to slow down at all. When I was in the ninth grade, the biggest thing I had going (besides football practice for eight weeks in the fall) was a photography class at school and my own home experiments with different sorts of camera techniques. Many of my students now, though, seem to be busy every night of the week with piano recitals, gymnastics practice, soccer games, voice lessons, science olympiads, drama club meetings, volunteer work, cultural fairs, church activities, not to mention homework and countless other things that make it impossible for them to come to a thirty-minute meeting after school. So, in an attempt to hone our communication skills in a "social" environment, we will blog.
Welcome to the Electric Circus!
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Most of the students in Honors English have their blogs online by now. This is a new experiment, an attempt to take the online program a step farther than we did last year, when we had five or six in-person meetings every term. The problem was that no matter how hard we tried to make the meeting times easy for everyone to attend, half the class was just too busy. I've noticed that most people who bother to sign up for a voluntary honors class are also involved in a variety of other time-consuming pursuits. It's not surprising that intelligent and talented people stay busy and productive, but it does surprise me that some teenagers today never seem to slow down at all. When I was in the ninth grade, the biggest thing I had going (besides football practice for eight weeks in the fall) was a photography class at school and my own home experiments with different sorts of camera techniques. Many of my students now, though, seem to be busy every night of the week with piano recitals, gymnastics practice, soccer games, voice lessons, science olympiads, drama club meetings, volunteer work, cultural fairs, church activities, not to mention homework and countless other things that make it impossible for them to come to a thirty-minute meeting after school. So, in an attempt to hone our communication skills in a "social" environment, we will blog.
Welcome to the Electric Circus!
*<%^)
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