Other students, divided into teams, had to portray the views of high school seniors, the underclasses, nonparent members of the community, teachers and parents. One student presented the team's oral report while all members worked together to draft the written report that was more detailed and turned in for grading. The fictitious Westwood High School in the assignment had experienced recent incidents of student assault, a knifing, and confiscation of drugs, hard liquor, wine, clubs, pellet guns and a 138 Colt handgun. A new principal, Dr. Jenson, has proposed changes to make the school safer and free of weapons and drugs. Student Mark Boda said students could relate well with the topic of school violence and drugs.
Violence is everywhere there are people and everyone had strong input from their own perspective.
Boda also said the project taught students more about collaborative writing. The students' diligence in presenting the issue from a perspective different from their own personal viewpoint impressed their instructor. I think it showed them how difficult some of these problems can be to solve. No problem is that simple. It gave them a realistic look at how people solve problems like school violence.