Sno fest recap

Sno fest. Ask any teacher and the responses will range from "do away with the damned thing" to "wow. That was great."

I happen to see both sides.

First, the negative.

Really, how much time does one need to put a dance together? Especially given how they turned out (in my opinion, only one seemed well organized). The problem occurs when the advisers issue a list of the specific students who are able to get out to attend the rehearsals during second block. Yet, I get a dozen or so seniors running in prior to first hour telling me that they had to miss first block to rehearse. It was only later that I'd actually get around to reading the email that advised us not to let any one out first block.

Suddenly, we realized so many students thought they had first hour to rehearse as well that the advisor had to make an announcement about 15 minutes into class that students were only to rehearse second block.

Well, several of my students did return, but it was in full '80's garb with their instruments. As the rest of the class was discussing their assignment and readings, there was no way in hell I was going to let the other students in and have the class degenerate into total chaos given their get ups and instruments.

I told them to show me their drafts later in the day. It's NCTC'S policy (and mine as well) that if I don't see a typed rough draft on the day we are to peer edit, then the best a student can do is earn a C. And to be fair, this is better than the previous College Prep course policy where if you missed a deadline, the best you could earn was a D.

So outside of that little bit of a pain in the ass, I thought the prep for sno fest was fine.

Now, the positive.

I thought the singers were excellent. Talk about pressure to get up in front of several hundred people and belt out tunes! It was great.

I thought the emcees were great too.

Above all, though, I thought the class spirit exhibited by each class was excellent - especially the juniors and seniors.

And, best of all, it's all over.