The Education of Ryan Wilson

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The Education of Ryan Wilson

• 1990-Present Day

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Pre School Malberg School (1990-1991)

• Afternoon schooling (starting at noon)
• I remember a activity where each student took the
  classroom bear home and was in charge of taking
  care of it and doing such things as brushing its
  teeth, changing its cloths, and other daily
  routine necessities.

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Elementary School Kingston Elementary School
(1991-1997)

• TAG program The Talented and Gifted. I recall
  that only the smart kids were leaving normal
  daily classes to attend TAG classes. I wasnt
  apart of this group of students.

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Movie Day

• Every Wednesday, our class got together with
  three other classes in one room to view a movie.
  Most of the time the movies were blockbusters and
  the time spent in the classroom watching the
  movie was strictly for social purposes. If a
  class was being bad, the movie day could have
  been canceled.

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Kingston School Sex Education

• 5th grade During a normal health class, all the
  males and females were separated into different
  classrooms with a teacher of the same sex. I
  remember most of the students laughed and thought
  the lesson was rather humorous.

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Unique Story 3rd Grade Teacher Wedding

• In 3rd grade, my teacher was getting married and
  had the certain students from the class in her
  wedding. A few boys and I were ushers during the
  wedding.

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4th Grade Miss Miginly

• My 4th grade teacher enjoyed our class so much
  that she attempted to teach our exact same class
  in the upcoming 5th grade. Many parents thought
  this was unhealthy and unusual. Later Miss
  Miginly and three other of her family members
  committed suicide.

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Kingston School Mt. Misery

• During 6th grade, all students attended six days
  jointly at a recreation camp called Mt. Misery.
  During the six days, many activities like nature
  hikes and arts and crafts were apart of our daily
  routines.

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Mt. Misery Alligator Alley

• I recall the camp directors taking all the
  students to a local swamp called Alligator Alley,
  where each student tried to cross the swamp
  trying not to fall in. All of the students fell
  in the swamp and the walk back to the camp was
  quite dreadful.

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O.J. Simpson Verdict

• In 6th grade we were taken, as a class, to the
  library to view the verdict of the O.J. Simpson
  court case. The moments leading up to the
  verdict caused great excitement and anticipation
  from many people. I did not know the specifics
  of the case at that time which caused a lack of
  interest in the case.

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Clinton

• I remember a big commotion about how the
  president was being impeached. Then, I dont
  recall knowing what exactly Clinton did to get
  impeached but late I found out the details. At
  the time, I wasnt too involved with the issue
  because it appeared too complicated and I was to
  to young and lazy to take interest in politic
  affairs.

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Carusi Middle School (1998-2000)

• 7th grade - 8th grade
• An immense sense of anticipation and nervousness
  arose coming to this school because it is the
  joining of all the various elementary schools on
  the west side of Cherry Hill. And most kids did
  not know each other at all.

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Carusi Spirit Week

• One week of the school year was dedicated to
  Spirit Week which was a week long festival
  celebrating school spirit and a selected theme.
  This greatly brought together a school as whole
  in selected competitions and games.

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Carusi Violence

• With the coming together of the many different
  elementary schools, more students were in school
  and more conflicts and problems started to grow.
  On one occasion our wrestling team came in
  conflict with an opposing team from a lower
  social class. Later our coach explained why our
  teams actions were unacceptable.

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Columbine 1999

• The school shooting at Columbine struck fear into
  the school district. Many new rules and old
  rules were now enforced with a great extent of
  seriousness. Dress codes and locker searches
  were more evident, while a No Tolerance policy
  was made regarding any type of violent behavior
  in the school district.

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September 11th, 2001 and War

• 10th grade Second period, history class my
  teacher informed the class that the United States
  was under attack. Later the principle made an
  announcement about the tragic events. Many
  parents came to the school to pick up their kids.
  I remember going home and watching the news for
  hours on every station. The belief of a possible
  world war was evident in my mind and many others.

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Work Study?

• This CO-OP program offered at West, gave the
  student the choice whether to go to a full day of
  school, or students could qualify to go to school
  for half of the day and go to work of the other
  half.

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High school Violence and Fear

• Many reports of fights and gang violence erupted
  in this school. Fights, bomb treats, many
  suicides, hit lists, grand theft auto, loaded
  weapons, and students being jumped were very
  common in high school. With an attempt for
  safety, the principle was forced to make a
  mandatory ten day suspension of anyone
  participating in any kind of fight and other
  serious penalties for other school violence.
  Fear was present in many students daily.

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Mr. West

• The schools male homecoming competition which
  required the following categories formal wear,
  casual wear, swimsuit, talent, and questioning.
  Under the name Mr. Wiggles and the talent of
  break dancing I took home the 2004 Mr. West
  crown.

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Graduation

• My class was the first class to graduate outside
  the school grounds. We had our ceremony on the
  stage of the Tweeter Center. We shared the stage
  that many other past musicians played live.

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College Search

• During the last two years of high school, many
  guidance counselors visits took place and dealt
  with college searching. All the counselors urged
  the all students to proceed to college to succeed
  since 151 students out of 381 were put on no
  credit status for having too many absents and
  were in danger of not graduating.