While I could respond to many of the wonderful projects put up in the rotunda, one really caught my eye. This was "GET THE FACTS-Common Misconceptions Among ESM High School Honor Students" which was made by Laura Kesnig.
In her project, she exposed how many honors students failed to correctly answer simple questions concerning popular issues. These questions ranged from "Why did the United States go to War with Iraq in 2003?" all the way to "Is Global Warming really happening?".
The main reason that this project caught my attention is that it made me laugh. I mean, its hard not to think that "Honors" students get these questions wrong is a bit funny. Malicious, maybe. Funny, yes. Regardless, I believe this brought up a major problem. Despite normal students not being educated about popular issues, the students ESM deems as "special" and in a way "smarter" still don't have the right answers to questions that are, or at least in my opinion, common knowledge.
It supports the idea that the labels given to certain students like "Honors" are completely meaningless. These labels also help create a divide in the student body of all grades. For example, the National Honor Society is talked up to be some prestigious organization when in reality, it's only purpose is to use its student members to further their own agenda. But that's a completely different conversation to have.
Regardless, I tip my hat to Laura for her work and research concerning our "Honors" students.
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