Maroopna+High+School

Mooroopna High School - Home On Wednesday the 5th of November, I attended an excursion to the Mooroopna High School. This was organised by Kirsty O'Reilly, and was benefiting us by making new friends, seeing the differences between our schools and cultures. When we arrived, I was nervous and excited at the same time, we soon found out that this school was very different to ours, because there were lots of fights, swearing, the teachers came across as not caring, and the kids were allowed to use mobile phones! The bell went and we went into the class that would be showing us around for the day. We introduced ourselves and had a chat to the other kids. There were different cultures in the class such as 3 boys from the Samoan Islands who were very funny and friendly and some aboriginal girls. I’m not very familiar with people with different backgrounds to mine, because at our school nearly everybody is like me. We then made our way to our assigned classes - mine was visual art. I met lots of kids in here who I liked very much and even got their phone numbers. This was my favorite part of the day. What really took my breath away was when the teacher was explaining what we were doing in the lesson, half of the kids in the class were on their phones, and even 2 of them were talking into them! I couldn't believe it. At lunch we walked around with the Samoan boys. The school yard and facilities were really new and modern but some of it was ruined by graffiti and vandalism. After lunch we went into their new arts centre which had the kids’ work on display from the previous year, and even had a grand theatre where the school band was playing. The day was over and we hopped back on the bus. I had learnt so much and it made me realise how lucky we are to go to school in Tallangatta, where it is a safe working environment. The class is coming to our school in a few weeks, I can't wait to show them around.