Wherever possible, students should be given choices and responsibility for their own education.
– Elizabeth Schultz
The truth is, last Monday I was so sleepy inside the classroom, actually, all of my classes that day. I was too drained with all the school stuff around the previous night. And I honestly felt guilty for not paying attention to the discussion. Most especially because the teacher told us (that same day) that when he is discussing, that when he is inside the classroom, he give his all. It made me feel guilty. So the next two meetings, I did try my best to go to school with a complete sleep.
Friday, the volunteers discussed about their fire evacuation plan from where they live. And of course, there were a lot of funny stuff during the discussion and I did have fun that morning despite the fact that I wasn’t feeling well. There was this one volunteer whose evacuation area is along the road where the teacher said was the place where the fire trucks are expected to park in times of real fire, and then I was like, “why not their evacuation area be in the soccer field?” I mean, they made it already along the road almost near the soccer field, why not there? After all, the field is wider and it is farther from the fire scene. Furthermore, if the fire becomes bigger, it is not impossible that it would transfer to the nearest building from their evacuation area which is not safer at all. I’m not sure with the idea but that was my opinion.
I believe, that one of the purpose of the presentation last Friday was for their own choice of going out from a fire scene safe and sound with all their housemates, board mates, etc. while taking responsibility of their actions and of course their choices. And since, it isn’t a good idea to learn about their errors only after a fire had happened, the teacher was there to give insights as to how are they going to solve their errors.
And as for the students listening, who probably haven’t made a fire evacuation plan at home yet, I think, we have gained knowledge on what to do and what are the things we need to consider in making a safe plan.
Lastly, I kind of feel bad that my T-shirt design was not chosen simply because I really exerted an effort on it but the thing is, I can’t do anything about it anymore. As a matter of fact, we did have a fair voting.
– Elizabeth Schultz
The truth is, last Monday I was so sleepy inside the classroom, actually, all of my classes that day. I was too drained with all the school stuff around the previous night. And I honestly felt guilty for not paying attention to the discussion. Most especially because the teacher told us (that same day) that when he is discussing, that when he is inside the classroom, he give his all. It made me feel guilty. So the next two meetings, I did try my best to go to school with a complete sleep.
Friday, the volunteers discussed about their fire evacuation plan from where they live. And of course, there were a lot of funny stuff during the discussion and I did have fun that morning despite the fact that I wasn’t feeling well. There was this one volunteer whose evacuation area is along the road where the teacher said was the place where the fire trucks are expected to park in times of real fire, and then I was like, “why not their evacuation area be in the soccer field?” I mean, they made it already along the road almost near the soccer field, why not there? After all, the field is wider and it is farther from the fire scene. Furthermore, if the fire becomes bigger, it is not impossible that it would transfer to the nearest building from their evacuation area which is not safer at all. I’m not sure with the idea but that was my opinion.
I believe, that one of the purpose of the presentation last Friday was for their own choice of going out from a fire scene safe and sound with all their housemates, board mates, etc. while taking responsibility of their actions and of course their choices. And since, it isn’t a good idea to learn about their errors only after a fire had happened, the teacher was there to give insights as to how are they going to solve their errors.
And as for the students listening, who probably haven’t made a fire evacuation plan at home yet, I think, we have gained knowledge on what to do and what are the things we need to consider in making a safe plan.
Lastly, I kind of feel bad that my T-shirt design was not chosen simply because I really exerted an effort on it but the thing is, I can’t do anything about it anymore. As a matter of fact, we did have a fair voting.
- M
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