The Culture at Chelsea

...and before I knew it, it was my last official day as Ms. Tilly's student teacher at Chelsea Vocational. Gosh the time went fast! Over the past three classes I've been contemplating what I think the culture at Chelsea is, mostly due to the Lightfoot article I read for my Special Needs class. When asked to reflect about the culture at Chelsea, I found it easy to compile all of my initial assumptions and feelings into a descriptive writing piece. When I next returned to Chelsea, I walked around, and individually asked my students what they thought the culture at Chelsea was all about. I got a whole array of responses. The following week, I brought a stack of white index cards, and a pile of black Sharpie markers. I re-approached as many of the students that I could, or at least, the ones that showed up to school that day, as compared to the week before, and asked them to make me a "quick sketch" about what they thought the culture at Chelsea was like. Below, in the first image,("Before") is my visual interpretation of what the culture at Chelsea is like. The second image, ("After") includes the work of my students, reflecting their thoughts. Responses are welcome!