 Hi guys, you're here with Olivia and today we'll be talking about school system. My name is Deluxe aka YC and my name is Avery. All right, I go to Burlington High School, I'm a senior. I go to Macy's and I'm a senior too. Center for High School and I'm a senior. All right, first question that we're going to discuss about my first question is what are you guys doing like about your school? Okay, you go first. Right now it's just really, really like understaffed. And no one including like a majority of the staff even really know what happened. And just it went from having two buildings and including students and staff like 70 total to I want to say including students and staff total. I want to say like 27 now and only one building. And it seems like every few weeks there's like one of those like few staff leaving so it's now like if one staff is out sick that kind of destroys that entire class and stuff like I guess we're playing cahoot for the next hour which sounds fun but when I also want to like you know actually learn and graduate and like you know have the credits and stuff in order to do that it makes it more difficult. That's what I'd say currently it also just sucks because it kind of makes it hard to grow connections with those staff because I had a lot of staff from last year that I was really close with it just like some I had like a bit of warning for leaving a majority of which I didn't and even like this Tuesday a staff I just started getting close to he was like hey I'm leaving Friday and I'm like oh so yeah that's what I'd say currently just really intersecting a lot changed some yeah. Yeah for me I want to say I hate everything but I don't want to say everything because everything includes everything but the food over there at Macy's is really trash and the elevators break down like almost every day so we gotta like take the stairs and stuff it's like we don't even go windows too and other than that I like the school it's pretty good. For me I actually I grew up at the looks he said but to add on that he just gone to school in Macy's he just doesn't feel like he actually in school like in the class there's no window no doors and also like you can hear other classes behind it like it's too loud it's like very hard to hear what the teacher is saying. Yeah Macy's at this point is not even a school it's just I don't know what to call it but it's not a school. Yeah we need a new school. All right second question that I had is do you guys feel like our school does a good job like getting tutors for students or like getting asked with like homework help do you guys think that they do a good job at that or? No the homework part no because teachers don't even follow up we don't have tutors some some kids got tutors but not everybody got tutors and if you want a tutor you gotta find yourself one because if you don't find yourself fun you're probably gonna fail and then they're gonna make you do the makeup work and stuff yeah. Yeah I also agree with the looks on that one again I feel like the teachers are nice but when they give us homework they like us to do that by ourselves and like finding tutors it's so hard like for students like us sometimes we don't know who to go get help from so I feel like we need help with that. Do you have anything to say? For me that's kind of a strange one to answer because my school doesn't have homework besides like you know like sending the occasional email or something um as for like just like getting help with work or like tutoring I would say like they're doing the best they can because you know including like teachers and like this includes like teachers and like you know like they're like administrative staff like the non-teachers it's like nine staff total right now so kind of doing the best they can but like it's tough and I like totally understand that and like feel bad yeah like even on like Tuesdays and Fridays I think I actually have like one block completely to myself just because like they're like so stretched then. So you're telling me you guys do everything in class and finish in class or do you guys not do any work? Um I'm kind of confused. Like you say you don't got homework I mean almost every school that I know of homework at least something to do at home. Um yeah they just don't do homework. I have a good question on that one. I actually heard that even some middle school don't get homeworks. What you guys thought on like school not giving homework or homework do you guys think like they should be giving student homework or not? No they shouldn't be giving student homework because after school it's time for you to uh to have fun be you you know because you've been in school for like nine hours and you're stressed you don't want to you don't want to like stress more about it that's why a lot of kids don't like school because they don't want to deal with the homework after schools because at the end of the day you're just stressing yourself and then some kids attempt to get mental issues and stuff but what do you think? Yeah sometimes you don't got homework at all. Um yeah I would definitely agree that uh the past two schools I've been at both uh alternative schools um didn't do homework and I'd say that definitely benefited me because uh before when I was in like you know public school um half the homework like I'd go to my mom and be like uh can you help me with this she'd take homework and be like what the hell is this or it's like I remember like someone like assumed you had like the most random materials in your house that like no one would just casually have so you just couldn't do it um and they just wouldn't help you just be like well not done so yeah I would either say like no homework I see more is like a benefit or if there is homework shout out to our uh what would be his title like group leader uh Travis not doing it for like more than like half an hour um that way you don't like stress yourself out and get like really like sick I'm like ah yeah for real but I should agree both of you guys with the homework part especially like when they give us homework and they don't even give us enough support we like tutor to help us with the homework and they expect us to finish all that by ourselves uh do any of you guys have like another question yeah uh so about the about the homework part uh so you've never had homework like your whole entire school career because I know you better graduate uh no no I've absolutely had homework um so I was in public school until I want to say like eighth grade um so up until then I had homework and then when I switched to um I believe it was gene garvin school uh then that's when I stopped having homework and then the school that currently doesn't do homework either so oh that's pretty cool yeah also another another question that I have like do you guys feel like uh us as a students would like to include us more like making decision in school stuff uh I don't I don't have any comment because I've never been included in anything I would say uh um from what I've seen it definitely benefits of like student feedback I know last quarter from high school so like Wednesdays it's like uh half day it ends up like 1245 or whatever and it's not really a work day it's like you just have various like groups like you know you go to the gym or like play games for the first part and then like do art or like play dnd or something like that for the last half um and I don't know if this still exists but last quarter uh one of the electives they're called is uh was a student council where just like a group of students we get together and like organize events like uh you know go to the park and like have like kind of like a pizza party thing and like get long games out and so for like watch uh core line and uh Napoleon dynamite for Halloween or stuff like that while also discussing like you know issues in the school what needs fixing blah blah and it definitely uh benefited I yeah I'll have to find out if it still exists but yeah yeah so uh because I heard we're getting a new building at uh we're getting like a new bhs building what are you at that and it's like you saw the old one what do you think how is it how do you think it's gonna look but uh for what I saw I think it looked good but like I just don't understand how like they're gonna build at the same place that they just about to break the old building and also I feel like building a new building I support the idea especially going to message that's who is not it do you think they're really gonna build the new building because downtown uh the the mall like the building the broken building they said they're gonna build in 2020 yes the whatever the construction place down there they said they're gonna build in 2020 you saw that you know you know I'm talking about I think they're actually gonna build it because I heard that they really just they said 20 they said 2020 they're gonna stay building it weren't 2022 now so you think the bhs is gonna be like that too uh I think they're gonna build it did you guys I heard that they just wore yes to actually building like 2026 yeah but like wait build it in 2026 no that's when you're gonna be finished oh okay okay 2026 what are your thoughts like you think they're gonna build actually build the the new school or are they just like bluffing honestly I could really see it going either way um like part of me wants to believe it'll get done then seeing how a bunch of other construction projects have yeah because there's I was I was always like very expensive too yeah because uh from what I heard uh to rent macy's they're paying a couple millions yeah that's a lot of money and I heard they have the school they have macy's for like four years so I don't know if they're gonna extend it for longer like eight years probably more uh how long have they been in macy's so far it's gonna be the second year yeah second year I actually haven't like seen the inside or anything I've just like heard the school is in the macy's well you should you should come visit yeah I'll have to definitely take a look sometimes see what it looks like downtown bhs that's uh this is so off topic so keep it brief but uh that's where I got one of my mannequins like a full body like mannequin for like five dollars and macy's is closing down and they just threw in like a bucket of like spare arms oh it's so strange so uh for the schools you guys go to what would you like to change like what do you want what do you want to change about the school over the building do you want to go for this I can go first uh definitely like but you you would definitely agree with me on this one the food like macy's food is just like it's not good food and also like some students like me when you don't eat good it's kind of hard to learn I'll definitely say food we need hot food yeah nice food chicken fried rice and all that type of stuff anyways yeah you that one's kind of tough to answer because like I have the answer which is like you know more um staff somehow like stretched so thin but it's also like I don't know the best way to say this they need to be like the right staff that makes sense um because definitely one of the things I like loved uh I started going to center point in uh 2020 when it was still during like online classes you know like peak pandemic uh time um and like eventually that was all like fine we started going in person um so I've been there for almost three years and definitely the most like uh highlight of yeah for me I would like to lose I would like to lose like the IDs because right now in in my school if you go if you go in you gotta like check your ID you're like like show them the ID of your face and a lot of students don't keep IDs on them because a lot of them don't take the bus unless you do take the bus and you gotta keep it with you but if you don't have you lose they have to pay five dollars to get charged every time you're in there if you don't got an ID which which I think is really stupid because there is a main office you can just go there uh like they can search up your name you don't need an ID and they can see the people or they can see you like all right the next question that I had like do you guys feel like the school counselor are very helpful um me personally uh yeah uh I'd say so we get along really well she's also my uh case manager um yeah we get along well and she definitely like does everything with her power uh to help out um and lately we've been having kind of like uh effectively like uh therapy sessions every like Tuesday for like the first block of class just because I'm on a waitlist to see a therapist through the school but it's taking months because uh but yeah so I would say she's really helped me personally yeah I'm not I'm not gonna lie but I think my school counselor is lazy he don't follow up with these uh people because if he wasn't lazy would be following up with me but me I go I go check up I go check up on him but sometimes he's not in his office he's he's like wandering around the building so I don't want to sit there helping us but at the same time it is what it is uh for me I can't agree what you said but also I think I'm trying to I was trying to add that I don't think it's like very lazy but also like it's only like one counselor the same counselor to 20 students no but there's like I feel like we have we have more counselors like four I think and then for every student yeah but still they're there for like every nine hours yeah probably more than we should we should definitely get more counselors I feel like there's a lot of students but yeah for me I would say the yeah they're helpful sometimes do you have any question um yes but uh first for today I just want to like clarify one thing I guess uh so the set I was talking about so my school doesn't have like a designated like counselor if that makes sense she's more just like you know person you can like go and talk to you so like effectively a counselor but that's not like her role you know um we don't have that we should have something like that sorry what I missed oh um I was just saying that the staff I was talking about yeah um like her role isn't like as a counselor she's sort of like a person you can go and like talk to you and like effectively is a counselor but that's not like her job role like it's not like okay you can go talk to the counselor I'm just like that's like a set room you know so she just she just basically there for you like anytime you need somebody to go talk to yeah pretty much she's available you can talk to me that's all we need yeah it's hurry uh chill um and I definitely like realize that more because uh uh a thing that was kind of like drilled into my head while I was in public school was just to act like you're fine and don't ask for like help or anything to make it easier so like really only this year like my last year in school I've kind of like realized hey it's okay to like ask for accommodations or whatever especially at this school because that's literally what it is designed for so like uh what we've been dealing with like a lot of like stress issues in my head and stuff I the sunglasses because like bright lights are bothering me um they've allowed that uh they allow me like during lunch or whatever they have like a dark room there which is super sick I love photography um but uh it's also very dark and like quiet in there so I can just go in there like chill um be on my phone and whatever for the entirety of lunch um so yeah do you know how many students are in your school like um all together the exact amount I don't know though if I had to guess I would say like 15 20 what a nice whole school yeah we go to school like 1000 students I will say it is like a super small building all right next question but actually like what you said about like how you learned that it's like get to ask question do you do you guys feel like the school actually kind of like they pay attention to make sure like how students are feeling like to check in with us uh I feel like that used to be back in our old days but like nowadays everybody's minding their own business and they trying to put up stuff like they don't understand that we're teenagers they trying to bring back like what they think is good for us now what's actually good for us but also we got we got new new people in our school so they're still learning and working with the flow so that too um um I would say they're doing the best they can to try to help everyone um yeah it feels kind of tedious like bringing the same point over and over and over but uh yeah low numbers of staff so only so much they can do but uh when they are able to help um they it it truly shows they like actually care about what they're doing it's not just like okay this is my job I have to do say actually like to be one give a shit I'll do it yeah no that's actually pretty good because then you can tell who's who actually like who actually does their jobs comparing to us we are like a millions of teachers and some some are doing doing it because it's their jobs and some are actually like helping you and stuff yeah that's crazy do you have any questions that you want to ask I'm trying to think of like one that isn't like echoing a question already brought up you know also shout out to my japanese biscuit I'm going to try after yeah this is I have to try that yeah I'm also probably gonna try it not sponsored okay um okay what would you say is was like your favorite memory in school ever uh making music making music blessing out loud my favorite memory like in school or just like school group uh mainly in school but uh school groups you uh in school I'll probably say just like yeah just chilling with my friends during lunch I feel like yeah it's nice we talk a lot about like how the day's gone yeah nice all right I have another question do you guys feel like that we have enough after-school program for every student to attend or do you feel like we should get more after-school activity yeah we should get like some more fun after-school activities because every year it's the same and then like different cultures yeah different yeah we need to get like some other stuff because some some people don't know how to do whatever you guys have every year so different different things my school doesn't have any like after-school stuff so I can't exactly answer that the closest I could do is they do like a summer program where it's like kind of sort of like new education based but like to be honest it's just like six weeks if you just play games like go to the beach or whatever I'm not even gonna lie like something like a 17 year old it was super fun well you said that your school don't have them but would you like your school to have like after-school activities um honestly I don't know um I'm not saying no that's my answer uh you have any questions pretty cool question so for your school like is it only like a high school that is like everybody in there because I'm still confused where you say like it's about 20 people like yeah it's still small oh wait is that like a private school technically yes I think um but not like a stereotypical like private school like super fancy like wearing suits and whatever um but by definition technically yes uh so what grades are are there like um I don't know the exact like minimum like minimum to max on that but I know the youngest student there's 14 and the oldest is uh tied between me and two other seniors who are 18 so yeah no that's that's sick uh yeah okay I have another question do you guys feel like uh that way teachers do you guys like that way teachers come in with the parents when the students are getting traveled or you guys don't like that way they do that you can go first um I can't exactly answer that for me and because and I'm not even saying it's in the bragging way just I just don't get in trouble really um so that hasn't really been an issue as for like you know meetings like communicating like issues I've been having it's whatever of like communication there has been well for the most part there have been sometimes where you know it effectively seems like they're grossing even it's like oh sorry we're just really like uh busy or whatever uh which I get um so that's been well um and I you never don't want to speak on behalf of like other students because I don't know like what's going on there uh but seems good a majority of time would be my answer for those just crazy yeah also uh what do you guys think about the the time like like the time that school starts what do you think you want to change or keep it the way it is um for me school starts at uh like uh 845 but it doesn't really like begin until 930 so you effectively have until 930 to get there um which uh I would say it's pretty good you know and uh they definitely like do what they can to get you there as well like they have like vans or like a bus to get you up with to get you or attempts to do anyway for me as we just got changed to start at 9 so like I feel like yeah that's a good time 9 is pretty yeah 9 is pretty good but I feel like it should it should start like 915 because a lot of people if you say 9 o'clock most of the people gonna show up in 920 930 yeah and that's been happening a lot I've been I've been seeing students like late to class and I'm like what yeah 9 is not that bad we just got a schedule changed 9 o'clock it's never good to put something like on time like 9 o'clock it should be like 910 915 915 like so soon should be able to guess who are 9 but class is not 915 yeah like yeah that's that's why I think I think they're like yeah uh the day starts at 845 but then like you just have 45 minutes yeah I like nothing if you get there bro well that was a good that was a good talk thank you guys that was a good time with y'all good stuff man well I hope y'all enjoy it shut up to my Japanese again