My Ghetto School

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The school contained the shoddiest accommodations. It was poorly constructed with the most wretched Soviet-inspired designs. The building was decaying, and was wrought with problems due to the misallocation of funds. The bathrooms suffered from horrific plumbing that turned each stall into a literal cesspool. The hallways were overcrowded with loitering students trying to dodge class time. Students are presumptuous, uncouth and lacked moral mannerism. Due to these aspect, the faculty has developed a strict policy for learning and behavioral punishment. The atrocious curriculum and deplorable physical ambience of the school naturally took a toll on the mental and emotional behavior of the students.
Ever since I was in pre-school, I’ve always attended a ghetto school. Candidly speaking, I found the majority of the assignments a uninspiring. It seemed to me that I was memorizing the eternity of a state textbook. I recall a moment when I expressed my opinion on the lack of rigor and I was immediately silenced. Not only did they silence my free will to express my opinion but they also silenced my mind. Rigorous material was not the only problem, it was also the teachers. They didn’t develop enough patience and motivation to inspire students, making them treat their class like
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This school was something that I could never imagine. High Tech High, welcomes students to explore their mind. They always ask you about your opinion, dreams and endeavors. The doors are always open for the community, and since each student receives an advisor, the relationship between professor and student is on a more equal level than most schools. It was a perfect model of what I require a school should

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