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What is it like for students to move through classes in a day at our school?

It’s gotta be a surreal experience.  7:30 ‘til 2:28 (2:28, exactly) every minute is scheduled, every move is programmed.  Step into the English class, put on your English class persona, follow the English class rules and protocols.  Step into Math class, put on your Math class persona, follow the Math class rules and protocols.  And on through the day.  Six periods, six little universes with a sort of a no-man’s land in between. 

There are a lot of great teachers there.  A lot of those little universes are really wonderful places, but many are pretty horrible, too, and none of them bear any real resemblance to the world of work, family, community and life that these people will be returning to come June.  It does make one wonder.