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Locke High School Observation Paper
My most recent observation was conducted at Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy also referred to as Locke High School. Locke high school is located in South Los Angeles near Watts. This school is one of Los Angeles's major pubic Charter education schools. Charter schools are often public schools that give parents the option to send their students to schools that have different rigor than regular public schools. These types of schools have different regulations than traditional public school options. Charter schools have many pros and cons compared to conventional public institutions.

During this observation I was able to shadow a friend of mine who now teaches 10th grade history. When I arrived at this school it looked like a regular high school yet it was very different. On this particular day, there were 2 administrators at the main entrance greeting students encouraging them to be excited about the coming school day. As I walked through the halls I was amazed at all of the academic and athletic accomplishments the students have achieved. Locke being located in South Los Angeles was a pretty diverse school. I would say the majority of students were Latino and the second largest ethnic group African-American. The teacher I shadowed was 25, year old Danny Huerta from Pasadena California. Danny recently graduated from UC Davis and has worked in education since his …show more content…
Huerta's teaching style was very interactive with the students he would stand in the doorway of the classroom and pass out the class agenda for the day and ask students individually how their day was going so far. The students were very excited and willing to take the instructions Danny gave without talking back or taking very long to get settled. The classroom behavior was very calm and engaging. Often people think about high school students as wild and unruly, but I can see how Mr. Huerta's attention to detail, shows that he indeed cares and wants to become
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