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- Posted: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:39:15 +0000
Somewhere in a mid-size town....
... Near a city, there's a combined campus. By 'combined', it is meant that both a highschool and a college reside on the large plot of land, where high schoolers and college students can both attend and mingle. The schools themselves are slightly separate-- though owned by the same board-- but the buildings are close, and many of the resources are shared. Most are associated with the college-- but the highschool has some own facilities of their own, many of which are overshadowed by the same-but-better structures in the college. Such as the gym-- each school has a gym.
The reason for this condensed learning center is simply a matter of space and cost-- it worked better to put the two on the same available land in the town with the most sensible place. It had a good atmosphere, a good micro-economy, plenty of housing for college students, was near a city for other resources, and, coincidentally enough... in desperate need of a highschool. It worked perfectly!
The highschool was built first with the college beginning a little later and taking much longer. The two have been running side by side for decades now, though, and the coexistence has created a smooth and unique experience. In order to maximize students' learning and experiences, college students sometimes assist in teaching and instructing highschool students-- in fact, they run a lot of the classes. A teacher sits in every period, but students are left to work amongst themselves to learn the day's lesson, with one or more college students majoring in the field helping them and addressing any class-wide questions or issues. They introduce material and work with the students-- usually in groups, though individual help is common-- and hand out any assignments or homework that's due. The teacher is there for supervision, and any questions the student is unable to answer. In some classes the teacher plays a bigger role than others depending on the students' capabilities, but overall, it's a very social-oriented learning environment.
While unconventional, it seems to have worked so far.
The highschool's rules are loose, but something about its methods have maintained consistent graduations and relatively high scores, enough so that they've been able to keep things running in this way for years. Because of the scheduling problems, many of the college classes are online, or at night, and don't demand a lot of time. Still, its enough to keep the college kids pretty busy, especially if they take up outside-class tutoring for the highschoolers. Having a college so close also allows the younger kids to specialize and explore their interests, as well as giving them some resources that would usually extend beyond the typical highschool budget.
Some of the professors work at both the college and highschool, some of them only teach their college lessons and spend the rest of their time on their individual work. Many of the highschool instructors are regular highschool teachers.
Given the highly integrated level of society, the school accepts all races. Social stigmas may still float through cultures, but that's bound to happen even decades after all have learned to live together relatively peacefully, as is the case here.
... Near a city, there's a combined campus. By 'combined', it is meant that both a highschool and a college reside on the large plot of land, where high schoolers and college students can both attend and mingle. The schools themselves are slightly separate-- though owned by the same board-- but the buildings are close, and many of the resources are shared. Most are associated with the college-- but the highschool has some own facilities of their own, many of which are overshadowed by the same-but-better structures in the college. Such as the gym-- each school has a gym.
The reason for this condensed learning center is simply a matter of space and cost-- it worked better to put the two on the same available land in the town with the most sensible place. It had a good atmosphere, a good micro-economy, plenty of housing for college students, was near a city for other resources, and, coincidentally enough... in desperate need of a highschool. It worked perfectly!
The highschool was built first with the college beginning a little later and taking much longer. The two have been running side by side for decades now, though, and the coexistence has created a smooth and unique experience. In order to maximize students' learning and experiences, college students sometimes assist in teaching and instructing highschool students-- in fact, they run a lot of the classes. A teacher sits in every period, but students are left to work amongst themselves to learn the day's lesson, with one or more college students majoring in the field helping them and addressing any class-wide questions or issues. They introduce material and work with the students-- usually in groups, though individual help is common-- and hand out any assignments or homework that's due. The teacher is there for supervision, and any questions the student is unable to answer. In some classes the teacher plays a bigger role than others depending on the students' capabilities, but overall, it's a very social-oriented learning environment.
While unconventional, it seems to have worked so far.
The highschool's rules are loose, but something about its methods have maintained consistent graduations and relatively high scores, enough so that they've been able to keep things running in this way for years. Because of the scheduling problems, many of the college classes are online, or at night, and don't demand a lot of time. Still, its enough to keep the college kids pretty busy, especially if they take up outside-class tutoring for the highschoolers. Having a college so close also allows the younger kids to specialize and explore their interests, as well as giving them some resources that would usually extend beyond the typical highschool budget.
Some of the professors work at both the college and highschool, some of them only teach their college lessons and spend the rest of their time on their individual work. Many of the highschool instructors are regular highschool teachers.
Given the highly integrated level of society, the school accepts all races. Social stigmas may still float through cultures, but that's bound to happen even decades after all have learned to live together relatively peacefully, as is the case here.