As the second quarter begins, changes to the schedule are still on their way. A new proposal has been given to the School Board by a passionate group of students who believe that the best way to support students is to provide them with a 74-minute block to do what is essential— starve and forget.
I am appealing to fellow scholars and educators of our esteemed Alexandria City High School about a matter of the utmost importance facing our students today. Last Friday, I attempted to access YouTube on my school-issued Chromebook during Lunch and Learn to study a concept for a test. I then realized that YouTube is restricted.
If there’s one thing my The Beet peers will tell you about me, it’s that I am pretty quiet. In the words of The Beet editor Samuel Wolffied, I am “as quiet as B311 during Lunch and Learn since they restricted Spotify.” However, historically speaking, that has not always been the case. So, what went wrong, exactly?