BLOGGING

When I first heard in this class that we would have to blog I didnt actually know what that meant. I know from previous years like in Mr. Moran's class I had to post on a forum called the Kennedy Forum and I was a major blogger, you could say, on that. I still curently hold the highest amout of posts posted on the forum besides those kids who use computer programs to post about once a minute. I now know that this blogging website is almost exactly like the Kennedy Forum besides the fact that other people don't post on my blog even though they could. I thought that the blogging done on this website was fun but i just couldn't keep up on the posting. I don't have that much free time away from school and I don't like writing in front of other people in the computer lab because I cannot concentrate. I personally don't think that this blogging idea was a good one because, what I've heard is, people aren't doing that good with the posting. I thought that there were a number of people including myself that did not meet the amout of posts that was required. It's a lot easier to post on the Kennedy Forum because there are other people who post on there too and they contribute ideas to talk about. When I'm sitting in front of a computer, I always just go blank with ideas. The other people on the Forum throw in ideas and topics to talk about and I personally think that the posting comes easier for me. I like just sitting there and talking to other people while throwing ideas around in the Forum and I think that if we did something like that next term it woulde make it a lot easier for everyone.

Ipods and MP3 player's in School

I think that students should be able to use their ipods or other music device in school if they want to. I think it should be this way because their are those few kids who actually need the music in the background in order to concentrate. Like me right now. I usually listen to music whenever i do school work but today i left my headphones in school and i know that i am not typing as fast as i normally do just because i am missing that background music. I don't think that the teacher has the right to take away an ipod or any other music device because it may actually be benefiting the student work progress. In my 3rd hour class i do not do anything if i dont have my ipod. I just sit there staring off into space because i personally cannot concentrate very hard without it. There are some exceptions though. The students that are pretty much ignoring the teacher and are paying all their attention to the ipod sitting in front of them do actually deserve to get it taken away from them because it is disrupting the teacher's lesson.

So on a final note. I think that students should be able to use their ipod or mp3 player or any other music device in class as long as they are paying attention in class.

Hats in School

I personally don't think that it is right that we can't wear hats in school besides the occasional "hat day" becuase i want to wear my hat. It's a way i can express myself without using words. I wish Kennedy was more like Metro High School. They really don't care if you wear your hat in school or not and I think that is amazing. I want to have the right to freely express myself without having to take my hat off everytime I pass an administrator in the hall. Those hat days at school are gay anyways. It's completely pointless to wear your hat for one day and then not be able to any of the other days. I heard from a respectable source that Mr. Maxi said that in a couple of years or even sooner than that they will let the teachers decide if you can wear your hat in class or not. I also heard from the same person that all of the administrators including Dr. W believe that it actually should be the teachers desicion if you can wear a hat in school or not because they are getting sick of having to tell the students to take their hat off while in school.