
A different sort of post today. Thought I’d like to share a bit more about myself and given the current situation it is facing, let’s talk a bit about my high school life- Benson Polytechnic High School. As the name implies, it’s a technical/vocational magnet school of sorts and the only way to be admitted was to have a high GPA in middle school and write an essay (more/less like college)… however, thanks to the retarded No Child Left Behind law in 2002, the school was forced to accept all students based on a lottery selection. I think I was literally the last student to apply for admission through the old method (I applied HS at the very very last minute… long after the deadline). The school is now only a mere shadow of what it used to be and dying a slow horrible death thanks to politics, a pathetic board of education, and a principal who is deliberately trying to shut down the school. Anyway, there’s an annual Tech Show at this school and this year is probably the last I’ll ever see so thought I’d pay a visit after all these years…
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