By: Eva Vargas
After four weeks, the journalism unit in Mrs. Blake's Language Arts class is finally coming to an end. The unit was made to educate students on what it means to be a journalist and how the media affects many things, especially news. Students were taught to be unbiased and use an article format called an “Inverted Pyramid." But was the unit as impactful as the teachers thought it would be? Well, let's take a dive into what the students have to say about the lesson. Did they learn about the media and news, or did they just get annoyed with having to turn in articles every week? Let's take a look.
One 8th grader, Maya Vargas, states that their opinion on the end of the unit is, “It's kinda bittersweet. I really enjoyed doing it. But I am excited that I do not have to write an article every week.” She also said that they look forward to doing new things in Language Arts.
Another student who requested to stay anonymous in this article explained their feelings on the subject as well. “To be honest, I don’t think I learned much. I mean, I know the media is extremely biased and knew that before the unit.” This leads to the questioning of the necessity of this unit. Did it really impact the students like a unit is meant to? We will just have to see what future students think of this unit in the coming years and if Mrs. Blake decides that the unit is worth continuing.