Observation #1

I observed South High School its in the corcoran neighborhood. Its located on 3131 S 19th Ave Minneapolis, MN. The school was designed to be a prison before it was renovated into a high school in 1885. The school is a public school with a student population of 1,844 and a staff of 115 as of 2010. The school is a big popular public school in the city of Minneapolis. It is in the heart of Southside Minneapolis it has many community programs. The Metro Blue Line goes right by it and there are many resources for students to have work or a life outside of school. They are a public high school and all of the high schools have metro cards its a better more effecient way to get around because of the metro lines that go all over the city. I chose to observe this school because I had a bunch of friends who all went there but I was never in the zone in my middle school years so I had to go to southwest and I wanted to see what I missed out on. I loved walking around the neighborhood and asking the people who lived in the community if it was a school they would put theyre children in. Some said yes because of the conveinence of it being so near and alot said no because of the many issues the school faces with diversity. Back in 2013 there was a big riot at South and it caused a big uproar in the media and it got the parents of the students attention because me not even going to South knew that people always said it was a discriminating school with students who felt oppressed but would still oppress others it was a big contradiction. In the school the aftermath of the riot was it was really quite. I called and asked one of my old friends from middle school more about the school. She said that was the worst school she ever attneded and I asked her why she thought that and she said it was always like this from the first day she started they only favored sports and the student extracurriclers then the class work or helping students who were struggling. This is a good prep for before I go into the classroom and observe so well see.