Punishement Essay

Kiaya Nickens

Mr. Sanchez

Christian in the World p.8

September 28, 2012

Punishment Essay:

            During class this past Wednesday we were listening to students recite their senior service project conclusion; there were many interesting and inspiring stories about the projects. One of the ones that really stood out to me was Lindsey’s project. She was inspiring on how much time and effort she put in. During Lindsey’s as well as all of the other presenters; as a class collectively we were very rude and obnoxious. The useless chatter and chaotic when we are not directly approached serves no purpose in the learning environment. Most of us failed to see the message in within the presentations given. No only did we not see the message but we were rude to our devoted teachers Mr. Sanchez and Ms. Donaley. Being rude and obnoxious to loyal teachers has no value what so ever. In fact not only does being rude and obnoxious serve no value but in essence it actually hindered our learning experience. If we would have been respectful and courteous to our teachers and fellow classmates Mr. Sanchez would have given us a helpful test review and demonstration for our blog.

            From what I have heard from most of my classmates, most of us preformed at a mediocre standard. Not up to our usual grades, and some even below mediocre. Not only does preforming mediocre reflect on our grades but also reflects on how we acted that week. If only if we were to act respectful toward everyone there could have been a great chance that we all could have preformed a lot better on our tests. Acing our age would ultimately have resulted in all of our grades not dropping as drastically as they did. And as a result of our grades not dropping all of our parents probably wouldn’t be upset at all of us as mines are currently. And if our parents weren’t mad as me like other parents are with their children then we could probably go out and fun this weekend. And if we all could go out this weekend there would be a lot less stress on all of us as a collective class. My point is that the consequences of not being respectful, courteous and polite to our classmates didn’t just stop that day. There is an ongoing cause and effect process that results in us acting out of our character. Therefore technically, we can conclude that due to descending and partaking in chaotic, useless chatter can cause stress for a student. Stress, is obviously not a positive attribute that a student wishes to carry. The useless and chaotic chatter not only serves no value for the learning environment but also serves as a negative effect on the students that are Mr. Sanchez’s period eight class.

            Not only does chaotic and useless chatter cause stress as a result of a cause and effect process and serve not value but it also is not useful for the entirety for the optimum learning environment. In my opinion the optimum learning environment is one that is focused, organized and most importantly quiet. That day in class we desperately needed an adequate definition of an optimum learning environment. We needed a quiet, room to listen to the speeches that were prepared with great care and time. We needed an organized environment in order for the students that were delivering the speeches to be comfortable and at ease while speaking. The speeches given by our classmates are a part of their obligation to graduate to college. If they were to mess up in their speeches, it is possible that Ms. Donaley could not have approved their senior service project. And resulting in not fulfilling their senior service project they could not graduate. If a student did not graduate, it could be looked at as our fault for that student not graduating from high school. This is another example of how partaking and descending in chaotic chatter does not only effects those people that are partaking and descending chaotic chatter, it affects many other people. It affects the students that are giving the speeches as well as the teachers that were present on the classroom at that time.

            Another way how descending and partaking in chaotic chatter serves no value is that it effects the students that were not even at fault. Many students like me were attentive and courteous while students were giving there projects. And because of a few students bad choices to talk at inappropriate times we were punished as a class resulting in composing a essay that is clearly as waste our time, energy, and brain power. The entire time that we sat in our seat not talking we could have been learning about what the course entails. Which is learning about other religions, such as Buddhism and the Islamic religion, but instead we sat there and did nothing. Hopefully as a class we can act in a more appropriate and respectful manner in the future.