2029 Upperclassmen Unbreakable Under Zero Pressure
2029 Upperclassmen Unbreakable Under Zero Pressure
Story by Eldrie Salvador
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Class of 2029 will soon be the upper class men next school year at South CTA, unlocking the new title of future role models. As class of 2029 moves forward, they still find the trouble of finding no upper class men to look up to.
Luca Santwer is a 9th grader from sports entertainment and marketing, and has been in this program for almost a year. During his year as a freshmen, his favorite activity at school is hanging out with his friends. As a class of 2029 student, Santwer faces a problem that he and other students this school year have been facing. With the absence of upperclassmen for this school year Santwer found the trouble of looking for role models.
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“It’s definitely harder with less guidement, with no people guiding us through things.”
- Luca Santwer
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Although students find it difficult to push forward without the proper guidance of role models, teachers believe students should start to toughen up. Bryce Wada is a teacher here at South CTA who originally taught at South East CTA, a school with no trouble of students missing upperclassmen. Throughout his life as a teacher, he loved to deliver lessons to his students. Although his love to teach students has pleased him throughout his job, an idea came to bother him. As he taught and stayed more at South CTA, he saw something. He believed that some students didn’t know how to hold themselves accountable for their actions. Although he saw this problem, Wada still believed in everyone.
“I’m hoping that you all can grow to become the upperclassmen that is needed, for future generations.”
- Bryce Wada
Back when Wada was a student at school, he felt a great pressure when facing upperclassmen. “You don’t want to mess up in front of them, you're striving to be the best you can be, which is something that I think students lack here.” When asked about if students with no upperclassmen were prepared for environments with older peers, he said “there will definitely be a disconnect between working with older people for classes like yours with no upperclassmen … I don’t think it will hinder anyone, but it will take longer for people to adjust with people who are older than them, but I think you will be fine.”
Wada believes that students should have upperclassmen because he confidently states that upperclassmen hold underclassmen accountable, and that upperclassmen are the ones that set the culture for the school. Switching to a students point of view, Santwer believes that students with upperclassmen could be guided more. “It would help them through highschool, emotions, and even classes.” Now moving to another topic on why it is easy for students to have no upperclassmen, Santwer said “you're not really worrying about bullying, or embarrassing yourself in front of them, which brings me and other students the ease with zero pressure.” On the other hand, Wada said “there is no accountability for their behaviors, and the way that students act.”
Piece of Advice
Piece of Advice
“They should start thinking of how their actions affect others, because it is very evident that a lot of kids in their grade level . . . don’t think about how their actions affect others or themselves, or even their futures selves.”
- Bryce Wada
“I’d say don’t take AP Human Geography.”
- Luca Santwer
Survey taken by Eldrie Salvador, stating that there is a greater amount of students and teachers who believe that students should have upperclassmen.
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