Among the responses from students, teachers, and parents, we found some commonalities and trends. One of the responses expressed the value of school and how it has provided an opportunity of meeting and interacting with new people. School has provided them with an opportunity to learn social skills. They learn how to begin and nurture relationships with peers and adults.
School is a powerful influence on the building, and sometimes the breaking of student's egos.
Some examples included the experiences with discipline problems and poor relationships with teachers and other students. Through our research students seem to be concerned with the relationships with their teachers. Students also expressed several things that they would like to see in schools. Probably the major concern for students was a safe and secure school. Also a concern was a friendly working relationship with their teachers.