Thread:Fangirl111/@comment-8014223-20140807193200/@comment-5952365-20150302182657

Yep! Tbh, I'm not even sure why we did O.o But then again, we also watched Degrassi everyday in Grade 8 too sooo..But whatever, I think it was fair that we watched more then actually learning, bcuz:

1. We were supposed to have a Smartboard in Grade 5, but had the misfortune of being the last class to get one. So, at the BEGINNING of the year, the guy finished about half way, got lazy and never came back. On the LAST DAY of the year, a different guy finally came in and finished the job. He finished at about 3 and school finished at about 3:30 and again, it was the LAST day. So while literally every other classroom (save the Grade 7 room bcuz the teacher refused to have a Smartboard) in the whole school had one, except us.

2. Again, in Grade 7, the teacher refused to get one.

3. For half of our Grade 8 year, they were building new classrooms, so we switched rooms 5 (maybe more, but I can't remember) times before finally settling in. So, it was, old Grade 8 classroom, new room, music room, new room, music room, old room (maybe more? I don't remember, but I think at one point we stayed in the gym for a day) and then the new room.

4. Due to the new rooms being built, we got ripped off for a LOT of things. Example: every year, the Grade 8s would get to paint at least ONE room in the school, but we never did. And they can't even use an excuse for that, like there wasn't any room to paint, bcuz not only were there brand new rooms, but there was also unpainted pre k and kindergarten rooms. We also could have painted the Grade 1 & 2 rooms, I'm sure Mallory and her class wouldn't of minded. Another example is that each year, the Grade 8s would make a haunted "house" in the music room at Halloween, but when it was our turn, they shut down the haunted "house" completely.

So yeah, we WERE pretty ripped off, and I think we deserved to watch Degrassi and a music video every day -_- (we only had a Smartboard for a year and a half in total (Grade 6 and half of 8), in comparison to other classes with 3-4 years of Smartboards -_-)