A lot has changed in the past school year, I turned 14, I am now labeled as an 8th grader no longer a sevie. We have new teachers and new additions to our schools. All though one thing that should not have changed is resource.
Now that resource is set up differently it is more difficult to get my homework finished without distractions, such as non homework related conversations, and a not so quite atmosphere. Plus sometimes I don't have enough time to complete my homework because we have to bond with our resources which is counterproductive more than half the time. It was so much easier when resource was our independent time to catch up on our assignments. It made me feel more mature because I was able to get what I needed done on my own time. It gave us the benefit of our questions being answered by the teacher who assigned the work.
A lot of kids really depended on resource because they have an extra-circular of some sort after school. Sometimes kids have a lot of things after school and they don 't have time to start the homework. If teachers gave us more time in class that would be helpful, but some teachers like to give us home work 5 minutes before the bell rings. So resource would help with finishing that up. It was a major help when someone missed a day out sick or on vacation. Gave them the chance to get caught up on missing work and quiz's. For example I missed 10 days of school so now I am behind 4 quiz's and I don't have time to relearn the lesson I missed because there isn't enough class time. Resource would help with that issue. You just go ask your teacher what was missed and they break it down to help you through it. Now there isn't any more of that.
Honestly I don't know the reasoning behind why it changed but I do know that it should change back to the way it was. I guess it makes sense for each student to socialize with other groups of people but why can't we pick one day out of the week that we have to bond with our resource class and teachers. Like every Friday. It makes sense to do it that way because we get our work done and questions answered and we still get to bond with our resource.
As an 8th grader I am also angry at the subject because there is no more honors resource. That was an award for all 8th graders who get there work done and have good grades. With out honors there isn't anything to look forward to. Yeah, a brighter future but as middle school students that isn't as important to us as getting to have honors resource. I think we have earned it. That was one thing I was looking forward to when I was a 7th grader. Once I have a chance to actually be apart of it it gets taken away doesn’t seem to fair to me.
I know I can't be the only one who feels this way. I Know a lot of 8th graders are with me on this. So why can't it just change back? Why did it change? It should go back to the way it was. Don't you agree?
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