Kenneth Anderson

Harper High isn't, really, a bad school. I don't view it as being bad, but the way that things are handled within Harper are just outrageously insane. Within Harper, there are good students, then there are bad students. In my opinion, the only reason why there are bad students, is because those bad students were raised around the wrong type of people and brought up the wrong way. Students are considered bad in these two ways: grades and conduct. If a student has poor conduct (fighting all the time, throwing garbage cans in the middle of the hall, disrespecting teachers, etc.), then that student would be considered as a bad student. If a student has poor grades, then that student will be considered a bad student on the academic level.

The teachers at Harper are, somewhat, the same as the students. They are divided into two groups: the ones who will let you run all over them and the ones who won't take any crap off of any student. Some teachers in the school are harder on students than other teachers. Within Harper, there are some teachers that slack off. As a result, they would give their students a free period, which gives the students their class period to converse, watch a movie, etc. Plain and simple, some teachers do their job and others don't.

Harper High offers opportunities for students who want to achieve their goals and do their best that they can in school. There's the academic decathalon, the basketball team, the football team, the track team, leadership academy, college tours, etc. It is a student's decision as to whether or not he, or she, wants to be part of these programs and excel in their education.

If a person was standing outside of the building and looking over it, they would probably rate the outside look as a B- school. I don't know for sure, because that was my first impression on the outside look of the school when I first came here in my freshman year. That was my first time seeing the school, ever. It's all just really from a person's point of view and what they look for in a highschool.