While this quarter’s HMS student website reporters bring a different perspective about this school year, one thing upon which they both agree is this: science is a great class.
“When we do a lab, that’s kind of fun,” said Maks Moses, an eighth grader.
“You get to experiment a lot, and when you fail you want to do it over and over until you get it right, which is what you’re supposed to do,” explained Jonah Welch, a seventh grader.
The differences in perspective stem from their year in the 7/8 wing—Maks, the eighth grader, sees his experience differently than Jonah, who’s just starting out.
“It’s a lot faster and you move around a lot. You have all these different teachers and you get confused about where you go sometimes,” said Jonah, who by the time of this writing was getting around quite efficiently.
On the other hand, it’s all old hat to Maks.
“It’s pretty much the same except P.E. My P.E. class has all eighth graders, and that’s different, and I have different teachers,” he said.
When he’s not in school, Maks likes playing football. He plays receiver and cornerback. “I like being on the team and working with other people,” he said.
Jonah has recently found himself spending time caring for two kittens that belong to his grandfather, who’s currently in California. What makes that task challenging is that the kittens are young, and their mother died.
“One of them goes crazy when he sees food,” said Jonah. “He’ll attack you. Or he’ll take the top off the bottle, and he almost chokes on it, because he’s so determined.”
Both students have wise perspectives on what’s important for young people at this time in their lives.
“When they’re this age, what they do decides what they’ll do when they’re older,” explained Maks. “If they mess around that’s probably what they’ll do when they get to high school and older.”
“You only have one life, and you’d better do it well,” opined Jonah. “Some kids just mess up their lives. Somebody maybe asks them to smoke, and they say ‘yes,’ and that’s kind of a big mess-up in your life.”
Both Maks and Jonah will write articles for the HMS website this quarter, and so our readers can check back later to see what they produce.
“When we do a lab, that’s kind of fun,” said Maks Moses, an eighth grader.
“You get to experiment a lot, and when you fail you want to do it over and over until you get it right, which is what you’re supposed to do,” explained Jonah Welch, a seventh grader.
The differences in perspective stem from their year in the 7/8 wing—Maks, the eighth grader, sees his experience differently than Jonah, who’s just starting out.
“It’s a lot faster and you move around a lot. You have all these different teachers and you get confused about where you go sometimes,” said Jonah, who by the time of this writing was getting around quite efficiently.
On the other hand, it’s all old hat to Maks.
“It’s pretty much the same except P.E. My P.E. class has all eighth graders, and that’s different, and I have different teachers,” he said.
When he’s not in school, Maks likes playing football. He plays receiver and cornerback. “I like being on the team and working with other people,” he said.
Jonah has recently found himself spending time caring for two kittens that belong to his grandfather, who’s currently in California. What makes that task challenging is that the kittens are young, and their mother died.
“One of them goes crazy when he sees food,” said Jonah. “He’ll attack you. Or he’ll take the top off the bottle, and he almost chokes on it, because he’s so determined.”
Both students have wise perspectives on what’s important for young people at this time in their lives.
“When they’re this age, what they do decides what they’ll do when they’re older,” explained Maks. “If they mess around that’s probably what they’ll do when they get to high school and older.”
“You only have one life, and you’d better do it well,” opined Jonah. “Some kids just mess up their lives. Somebody maybe asks them to smoke, and they say ‘yes,’ and that’s kind of a big mess-up in your life.”
Both Maks and Jonah will write articles for the HMS website this quarter, and so our readers can check back later to see what they produce.
