Monday, December 12, 2011

"This is Broken"

I'm sure everyone has seen something that they saw as "broken" in Seth Godin's terms. The one thing that I see as "broken" happens to relate to school, so it's kind of like a two for one deal! I can answer both questions by my story! So when I was still going to school in Gwinnett, I noticed that many of the kids who got in trouble the most were the students who were recognized by the staff the most. Of course, this makes sense because they see them in their office all the time so of course they recognize them... But when I say recognize... I mean they will be called out of the hallway just to have a chit chat and joke around! This seems broken to me! You would think that in high school, the people who would get the most recognition and who the staff would like the most would be the kids who stay out of trouble and do well in school... but apparently not! The reason I think this is broken is because by acting like their friend, the staff is only promoting the students to keep coming back to their office. I believe that in school, the staff should obviously help the bad kids stay out of trouble, but try to encourage the good kids to keep trying and show some interest in them since they are going to be going places with their life! I believe this is something that needs to be fixed ASAP because it seems to be becoming more and more common that the staff are forming relationships with the bad kids while the good kids just slip under the radar!

1 comment:

  1. Yes, I am afraid one can find many 'broken' things with schools.

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