January 20, 2011

Part 1
The other day in class Mr Fernandez came and talked to us about safety procedures in schools. He told about how every single student has to be accounted for. We got a real live experience with this yesterday. During a senior assembly the fire alarm went off. The whole senior class plus some were all in the auditorium. This caused it to be difficult for everyone to get out of the auditorium in a speedy manner. When we all did get out of the auditorium there was no way to organize us to make sure no one was missing. Students were just hanging around talking with friends waiting until we could go back inside. I have know idea how the teachers and faculty accounted for all of us.

Part 2
The speaker during the assembly was Tony, one of the guys the movie Freedom Writers was based on. He was in that class and had his own hard story. He told us about everything he went through and all the stereotyping that took place. However, he overcame his difficulties and now speaks to others encouraging them to push past stereotypes and everyone telling them they can't. Stereotyping is something everyone does. It is almost like an automatic thought for people and most don't realize they do it. In high school there are many of stereotypes, for example: dumb jocks or uncool smart kids. Overall stereotypes are not good. People must learn that stereotypes do not define them. They can be whoever they want all they have to do is work at it.