Reflecting on Education: The Next Generation's Readiness

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Walking down to the elementary, the place where we grew up. Wondering what has changed, if anything has changed. Telling jokes to lighten the mood and shooting our opinions back and forth about what this next generation would be like. Whether they would be as rowdy as our current classes are or more quiet and to themselves. Maybe, all of this new technology would be pressed on to them. Will the students be able to get down to work when told or will they barely be able to focus. We even thought that the students might resemble a senior class. The kids will probably even react how a normal highschooler will when offered a reward for their hard work. This next generation seemed more ready to learn when we entered the classroom, due to the fact that they didn’t even glance in our direction or look away from what they were learning. Just them not being distracted from a special guest entering the room showed us that the next generation of students were ready for what came their way. These reactions proved that this subculture was the right choice. We took our short 5 minute walk …show more content…

We were sadly mistaken. They started out by taking a spelling test of the words they had been studying the whole week. They enthusiastically encouraged Mr. Grote to play the “spooky music,” and he started to play the “spooky music” in the spirit of halloween. Mr. Grote meandered around the room carrying the list of words they were being tested. Saying one after another, using the word in a sentence and then re saying each word almost as if they were in a spelling bee. Every couple words a student would ask if Grote could go back because they missed the previous word or misheard the current word. Sometimes a student would even speak out and be charged one dollar of G-Money. This punishment only happened on one occasion during the

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