Experience with Tech 37 at Robeson High School

This is a program that no longer operates anymore, but IBC34 offers his thoughts on the last year of this program funded by After School Matters. He said that his worst experience in this program was at Robeson:

The one thing that sealed the end of the program was the last assignment at Robeson High.

The profanity was horrible and it was coming from the staff directed towards the students.
These actions were reported but never acted on.

I came to the conclusion that the faculty was responsible for the negative attitude that existed in that particular school.

It was embarrassing to listen the staff blurt out profanity at the students and the students had become preconditioned to accept it as normal behavior.

When reassigned to Robeson for another program, I decided to move on and that was the end of After School Matters Tech Tours

Working with After School Matters Showed me that Its the adults as much as it is the Youth that need instruction in how to behave in public.

Bad teachers, and staff only serve to break our children down to their level.

I suggest that all parents take time to visit their child's school and observe the staff interaction with the students.

It could be an eye opening experience.

I emailed IBC34 for a time frame he says this was back in 2005. This isn't much different that what I experienced in high school although this was a few years before that. I've surmised that some of these students know nothing else. This is probably how their parents have always talked to them.

That's not to excuse the teachers, they shouldn't talk to these students like that anyway. Parents shouldn't either but what can we do about that. IBC34 might be right though in a way you get back what you dish out.