Switching Classes

Hello there,

I'm someone that literally went to Lower Merion High School, yes the same high school Kobe Bryant went to. But, it wasn't completely exciting. Junior year was an utter disaster and here's why.

My history teacher that year was someone named Susan, who was there for a long time, and was there when Kobe was there. (I wonder if she taught Kobe.) Susan was quite a wonderful teacher, but I could not say the same about the class I was in. That class (Period 8) was so awful to the point where Susan deemed it the worst class she ever taught. She was very overwhelmed by my class, and so was I, especially when I would get punished along with everyone due to my classmates antics. (Her punishments weren't too severe though.)

Luckily, Susan taught several other US History classes that year including one class that was really heavenly. (Period 4) This particular class had such a wonderful combination of students. As a matter of fact, I considered her Period 4 class to be one of the best combos of students during my time at LM and Susan herself once said that she considered that class to be a "dream". I decided to make a request to my guidance counselor to switch from Period 8 to Period 4. Luckily, because I had an elective Period 4, it wouldn't of affected my schedule. Easy, right?

Wrong! My guidance counselor, without even looking into it, straight up told that the switch isn't happening. To make matters worse, there was literally another student that started off in my history class, but that switched to Period 4. That's literally the exact same switch I wanted to make. When I told my guidance counselor that, he still refused without looking into it. Unbelievable, right? And it gets even worse, too, I'm sorry to say.

I decided to take matters into my own hands. I did so by trying to switch from Period 8 to Period 4 myself several times. But unfortunately, my support teachers (I had an IEP) were also against me switching classes, and when they would find out about my plans (via Susan), they would literally go as far as to get the administration involved, therefore, not only my plans failed, but it caused me to earn a trip to the administrator's office every single time. At this point, you guys are probably at this point thinking, WTF

Sadly, because of all that happened, I ended up stuck in the horrible Period 8 class until the year ended. Wasn't in Period 4 for even a day :( All throughout my senior year, I was so mad. Mad at my guidance counselor, my support teachers, the administration, you name it.

But now, I only blame myself for why the switch failed. This is because several years later, I all of the sudden realized that I didn't write a letter to the superintendent explaining the situation I was in. If I were to write to the superintendent, I think it would cause me to successfully make the switch because 8th grade, I was literally in a similar situation, except that time I did switch classes. Why??? Because I wrote to the superintendent. To this day, I am having trouble figuring out why I did not think of writing to the superintendent my junior year, when it would of likely yielded to a much happier result. In addition, my parents (Who were also against me switching classes my junior year) believe that if I did write to the superintendent, it would of only landed me into trouble. This confuses me because I don't get why they think the result would of been the complete opposite of what it was in my 8th grade year.

What are your thoughts on everything I just shared. How do you believe your public high school would of handled a situation like this? And what do you all believe would of happened if I did write to the superintendent about my dilemma my junior year?

Submitted February 16, 2017 at 11:09AM by jonasnew http://ift.tt/2lXJYWN