> In the Study Hall, elder students help more junior ones <
I taught for many years in urban high schools. And a study hall assignment was something to be dreaded. Because it was usually elder students taunting and teasing the more junior ones.
Monitoring that room was like monitoring a prison on the brink of a riot.
Oh, and appeals to administration did no good. Their main goal was to keep suspensions down. That’s how they earned their bonuses.
So know you know one reason why urban test scores are so low.
At Sacramento City College, I was with hundreds of other students making a infectious, studious environment in the library. At California State University Sacramento, I got an A in calculus after being in Math Lab study hall with a senior student coaching me. Want to truly understand your subject? Explain it to a junior student studying the same subject. Life is not Ferris Buehler’s Day Off.