Today the kids were given the school survey to fill out. This year, the survey was packed in envelopes with names and numbers on the front. The kids were instructed to fill out their surveys and return them to the envelope. They were told to rip off the label so the survey would be anonymous.
One kid noticed the number on the survey was the same number next to his name. He refused to fill out the survey. A number of other kidsalso refused as record of the number took away his anonymity. The school swore up and down that it had no record of these numbers but the computerized print out in every envelope said something else.
A girl complained that in her gym class the teacher read all the questions to the kids and encouraged them to fill out the surveys in a certain way. This girl was admonished for putting down negative responses. The teacher, who did not know her, asked her name. When the young lady refused to give it, the teacher got nasty and told her she had to give her name to any teacher who asked. Luckily, this little girl had some spunk and held her ground. I wonder how many others didn't and filled out their surveys the way the principal wanted them to. And, I wonder how many filled it out the way he wanted to skew the results.
The kids in my classes resented spending class time on this nonsense. The AP exam is less than a month away and they need all the practice they can get. My math B kids have an exam next week, and they felt the same way. One kid told me that the teacher in charge of his survey spent an entire period doing it. The only wasted class time is the time they choose to waste themselves.
