Primer Dia @ Casey MS

The first day at Casey Middle school was very surprising. I went to that school expecting the kids to know everything that was going on and what they were expected to do. But it resulted to be that these kids had no idea of what to do. I felt very surprised at first because I did not know what to expect from these kids at first. I did not know if they were going to be excited to work with us or if they were not going to care at all. At first it started a bit awkward because these students were expected to talk to us and show us around as if they had met us before. Because of this these kids were shy and silent. Then as we attempted to talk to them they slowly warmed to us and started talking to us. This made me very happy that they started to converse and associate with us. I liked the fact that they showed us around showing us what they liked and what they thought the administration should change. Some of the things that the students liked about their landscape is the large fields that they had and the fact that they were able to run around them. I was also very surprised that they like the rock; this was very exciting for me because they invited my group to climb it and jump off, and this was fun and reminded me of my sixth grade days. Another thing that they liked was the fact that they were able to sled down the steep hill that they have on the other side of the baseball field.
Some of the things that these students did not like were the tennis courts. This surprised me because most of their responses were that no one played on them. They also talked about how a lot of them did not play on the basketball field. A lot of them also talked about how they were not ready to transition to the other middle school. They talked about how many of the kids in the school were not going to like these students because they did not belong there, and how they also considered them haters. I personally felt a bit bothered because these students like this school and they did not want to leave. I also heard a lot of students talking about how they were moving to other schools because of this whole transition. I also thought that they should consider the fact that students want to play chess during the lunch or when they are outside. Also since they are not allowed to go to the other field, then the other school should invest in field goals so that these kids could play some football.
Over all I had a great time hanging out with these kids. I felt a lot that they wanted to see in the other school. I fell that this is a great way for the landscaping architects to get ideas of what to put at the other school. For example the rock, and incorporate large fields with field goals for some fun sporting events and all of that.

Luis F Navarrete