Socratic Circle

There are many students that "check-out" mentally at the end of the school year...but not these kiddos in English class!

WOW!! 

With only a few days of school left, these students collaborated together to have deep conversations about their generation. They read and annotated two poems in class both titled "Lost Generation" by Jonathan Reed. One poem had a positive outlook on their generation, and the other had a negative outlook on their generation. These kids dug deep to discuss problems their generation will face, why those problems are there, and how they can make them better. I could not be more proud of the maturity they had today as they discussed difficult topics and ways to improve their generation. Very proud of the growth in these students this year!


Quotes from the discussion:

"Everyone says we're the future...but we need to act like we're the future"

"We need to be leaders instead of followers. We can lead our generation to care for others instead of themselves"

"We will make an impact. It just may be positive impact or negative impact."

"It's not just for our generation, but the generations after us"

These two had a great moment in 7th period today!