Twelve years from kindergarten, high school students find themselves in a world un-comprehendible to a six year old. “I usually catch myself missing kindergarten in really boring classes,” said Jonathan Richardson and senior here at Davis High. But the phrase “everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten” holds more truth than most would care to look into. As high school students, we are required to take a certain amount of credits in specific areas of study, while maintaining a strict code of conduct which we know as “citizenship”. The same rules and obligations apply to kindergartners, just on a much lighter and playful level. This is probably why school becomes more of a tedious task as we grow older.
“We learn about dinosaurs, cars and boats, and we’re learning about sea animals too. We just learned about squids,” said Duncan Thorne, an Antelope Elementary kindergartner and the son of the Mrs. Thorne the Davis High drama teacher. Kindergartners do a lot of crafts, as well as ABC’s and number books; A long leap from AP art history, English 12 and calculus. But the difference isn’t in what they’re learning, but the intensity and quantity in which they’re learning it. We are still required to be taught the same subjects, but in greater amounts and difficulty.
Atop their regular curriculum, kindergartners are taught from a young age to behave themselves, share, and to be obedient to their teachers; basic people skills. These are not a whole lot different than our own “citizenship” grades. These basic skills follow us throughout our lives and provide a social base for our future.
The major differences between kindergarten and High school are primarily located in our attitude towards school itself. The things we like to do and the things we dislike. “My favorite things in school is everything! Playing with the toys and stuff,” said Thorne. “But my least favorite thing is having to go home.” In response to this, Connor Johnson, a junior at DHS said “my favorite thing is associating with my peers. But I’d have to say that going home is something I eagerly look forward to.”
The attitude toward school changes dramatically in twelve years. Students go from bouncing up and down ready to go to school at six A.M to having to be dragged out of bed that same time twelve years later.
“We learn about dinosaurs, cars and boats, and we’re learning about sea animals too. We just learned about squids,” said Duncan Thorne, an Antelope Elementary kindergartner and the son of the Mrs. Thorne the Davis High drama teacher. Kindergartners do a lot of crafts, as well as ABC’s and number books; A long leap from AP art history, English 12 and calculus. But the difference isn’t in what they’re learning, but the intensity and quantity in which they’re learning it. We are still required to be taught the same subjects, but in greater amounts and difficulty.
Atop their regular curriculum, kindergartners are taught from a young age to behave themselves, share, and to be obedient to their teachers; basic people skills. These are not a whole lot different than our own “citizenship” grades. These basic skills follow us throughout our lives and provide a social base for our future.
The major differences between kindergarten and High school are primarily located in our attitude towards school itself. The things we like to do and the things we dislike. “My favorite things in school is everything! Playing with the toys and stuff,” said Thorne. “But my least favorite thing is having to go home.” In response to this, Connor Johnson, a junior at DHS said “my favorite thing is associating with my peers. But I’d have to say that going home is something I eagerly look forward to.”
The attitude toward school changes dramatically in twelve years. Students go from bouncing up and down ready to go to school at six A.M to having to be dragged out of bed that same time twelve years later.
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