I f anything influences our school and the way it's run, its our reputation. It's not so much that we fear scandal or cover up foul play or anything, it's more that the Mission moniker pushes everyone here to work just a little bit harder and take a little more pride in the finished product. We constantly set high standards, and of course, somehow, some way, they are met. Students knock themselves silly over a grade.
Teachers slave over grading assignments and setting up projects.
Administrators wade through mountains of paperwork. Everyone here feels the pressure to accomplish. I find, however, that this pressure to accomplish and to do well in school isn't as good a thing as one might think it is. Being a student here has become something like being a contestant playing Monopoly, instead of becoming the biggest and baddest real estate mogul, the goal is to accumulate a fat enough resume to get into the most prestigious college. Like in any other game, there are tricks to this one too.