Mr. Godinez “Ramsey” Class Turned Culinary?
Angel Reyes '25
With Mr. Antonio Godinez preparing for another long year of soccer with his boys' and girls' teams, he has decided to turn his Spanish class into a culinary class to help him because he no longer has time to cook for team parties and other school functions. Godinez first considered making the soccer team his line cooks but said they’re not organized and would probably just lose all his food like they do with all of the soccer balls.
“I love making food because it makes me feel very creative but I don’t have that much time anymore, so why not make my classes help?” said Mr. Godinez. “I feel like my Spanish classes are benefiting more because what better things do they have to do?”
Mr. Godinez has been known to make very good food for the whole school, so maybe this culinary class could benefit everyone. He has even moved a lot of items in his room like a stove, microwave, and a fridge that his girlfriend “bought for him.” He went as far as buying a crock pot that came with a book of recipes that would last a whole year and put the boys to work.
“Every time I walk in his room he asks if I’ve ever had a better class than this which scares me because I don’t want to lie, but I don’t want my grade to drop,” said Mateo Sanchez, a freshman. Rumor has it junior Christos Dimas once said his class is second best, so he no longer received the 10/10 participation that is now impossible to achieve. For this reason, Godinez’s new culinary class has received bad feedback from students.
Even though students don’t like the new culinary class, it has brought a lot of great feedback from teachers. “I love his culinary class because I can just walk in and get free food whenever, but my class is still better because who doesn’t like grammar,” said Mr. Tim Baffoe, an English teacher. However, with teachers loving this class, it has become a distraction. They are more focused on the food than what they are supposed to be teaching. For example, junior Jason Isaias accidentally hit Mr. Daniel Haggerty in the face with the class tennis ball because Mr. Haggerty was distracted with the thought of food being made by the students in Mr. Godinez’s class.
With all the food being made, less homework is also being assigned. “I once forgot to post a 30-page packet because I was just thinking about those steak tacos,” said Mr. Tony Vasquez, a history teacher.
Students in Mr. Godinez’s class have also been making meal preps for him, which contain foods that will give him enough energy to be the best he can be on the field. “I once ate his meal prep and I had so much energy that I didn’t need a Coke Zero anymore,” said Mr. Manuel Medina, an English teacher and fellow soccer coach.
Will this class eventually be liked by the students because of all the positive feedback it has gotten? Maybe it will, maybe it won’t, but Godinez is always ready to get his boys cooking even if they don’t like it.