recesssss

Henry Clay's great and all, but it's definitely lacking in some areas.

One problem is this new change where teachers are supposed to turn on the TV during 4th hour to listen to the announcements. I'm almost positive that this does not happen in at least half the classes. It makes me feel extremely out of it because I don't know what's really going on at school, and there are no more daily reminders for me to turn in some application or something. I mean, it makes sense for announcements to be during 4th hour, it being the longest class hour of the day, but I think they should be done over the intercom because no one's really watching the announcements.

Another problem - when students interrupt class so they can celebrate Black History or Women awareness, or whatever. The idea is precious, and getting people more aware about history is good and all, but doing it in the middle of class is ridiculous. It disrupts our attention on the teacher and makes the teachers feel a little impatient. I liked it better when there were posters in the connector celebrating them instead.

Other problems include the smoking and the smell of it all. I swear I'm going to get lung cancer one day from secondhand smoking (I'm kidding, really).

There's the lack of trashcans in the bathrooms. Like, seriously? People throw everything in the sinks, and quite frankly, it's very troublesome for students who just want to wash their hands without the sink clogging up.

The lack of ROOM!!! Henry Clay needs big time renovations because this building can only hold so many.

I think the hallways need some benches or chairs because I quite dislike sitting on the dirty floor.

I also think there should be more light in the building, as in windows. Sometimes I feel like we're being educated in a jailhouse.

I want recess.

The last one was a joke. All in all, the things I have listed are only a few of the many problems at HC and we should start fixing them rather than buying flat-screen TVs!