My Education

I don't remember much of my elementary school education. In elementary school I went to Saucon Valley. I don't remember much of my time there. I do remember everything about 2nd grade.  In 2nd grade I had a teacher names Mrs. Singer. She is the best teacher I have ever had. She had these two bears named Barnabas and Flowers and at night these bears would come to life and cause all sorts of trouble. They would hid our homework assignments and we would have to go on a scavenger hunt to find them. One day we came in and the room was covered in silly string. I learned so much from her. Imagination was always first. Her approach to learning was that if it was fun you would be more willing to learn. This made it very hard for me when I transferred to Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School.  LVA was a school where education was first. We wore uniforms and because LVA is an IB school the standards for our work was incredibly high. Which makes my school experience very different than the experiences we read about in class. I had a very wide array of knowledge taught to me and much more available to me if I wanted. They pushed me when I needed it. I am so grateful for my education however I think that it was too much for me. LVA is set up so that four years of high school is finished in the first two years. Then the next two years is college and DP work. It was very rigorous and stressful. I noticed a physical difference in my self. My hair was always frizzy, I was always in pain. I was just anxious every day. There was no balance in LVA. There was nothing fun offered. It was all work and I feel like a school should be balanced in that way. You can't expect the best work out of a student who is stressed all the time and you can't expect a student to do well if all they do is play. There needs to be a common balance.

If you are curious about IB & DP I've included a link to the website as it is very hard for me to explain! IB WEBSITE  LVA