Personal Narrative: The Five Factor Theories

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According to the Five Factor Theories and other theories of school success discussed in class, the high school I attended went from being not very successful to pretty successful. During my tenure of high school, I experienced two principals, with different leadership styles. The first principal I had during my 9th and 10th grade year seemed to ignore that our school was not orderly and was not as safe as it could have been. Throughout my first year of high school there were numerous fights and altercations, at one point parents came up to the school and got into a fight, resulting in our school going on lock down. The people involved in these altercations were arrested; however, most of them came back to school the following week. It seemed …show more content…
One of her favorite sayings was “You throw a blow, You got to go”. There were still altercations and fights but there were far less fights than the other two years. She gave the students consequences for their actions. Due to the changes happening in our school, my principal did not always have the full support of her staff but most of the parents were happy about the progress our school made. Each morning my principal would say the school mission over the intercom. We knew the school mission, it was actionable, and was effectively implemented. There was a drop in our school’s graduation rate, as well as the number of students failing due to numerous circumstances. My principal implemented Saturday school, where students could make up attendance, get help with assignments, make-up assignments, and receive help with the Graduation Test. She also implemented Twilight School, which was school offered at night. Students who had children ( child care was offered) or students who needed alternative form of schooling attend ended Twilight School. There was a new set of expectations, and they were set very high. Each student’s progress was acknowledged. We had a wall set aside for students who made good grades, who showed strength of character, and who made a change for the …show more content…
I have experienced several levels of blooms taxonomy i.e. remembering, understanding, applying, and analyzing during my tenor in highschool.
Preparing for the AP exam I had to remember information, understand the information, apply the information and analyze it. I took AP US History and we would first listen and take in the information, go home and read for a more in depth understanding, and apply what we learn through a project and a test. The test was made up of multiple choice questions, as well as an essay question that fifty percent of our grade. The essay question was always from a previous AP exams.
In my AP Literature class my teacher focused on changing the way we wrote essays. He broke down what our essays should be composed of. We wrote our essays using rhetorical devices (parallel syntax, anaphora, juxtaposition, epithet) almost students had never used before. We would have to analyze each other’s paper, and identify what ideas and concepts they use. We would then offer our personal suggestions on how to make the paper
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