By David Zytkoskee
What choices do people in Mini-School have? This is a simple question commonly asked by new people in Mini, but no one takes the time to answer. That’s why I’m here, to let you know what is offered here in Mini.
Let’s begin with Hour 1 (although I’m in mainstream the first two hours, I still know what goes on). You are given two choices, either Computer with Lester and Dawn or Recreation with Doug and Randy. I think computer is self-explanatory, but just in case, Computer shows you how to use a computer, and you work on the computer for articles such as this one. Recreation or “rec” wakes you up in the morning with Phy. Ed.
Hour 2 is generally Newspaper, except on Tuesday. On Tuesday it’s a meeting. I don’t know much about what goes on during the meetings, but I do know that they discuss upcoming trips and “Block” classes.
Speaking of the block, the block is during Hours 3 and 4/5. Those are the hours that I’m in Mini. The topics for each of the blocks vary, but are generally: with Doug, it’s English or Com-Mini-Cations, with Randy it’s Social Studies, with Dawn it’s always science or science related, and last but not least the “new kid in town,” Ramona teaches math.
Also on Tuesday there’s a twist. We can watch an educational video with Doug, go to Insights with Joanne, or (for the females) go to Women’s Issues with Dawn. The rest of the week is the same except for Friday. Friday we watch a movie, the latest movie being K2, and the best movie that we’ve seen was Medicine Man!
After the Block the majority of the students go to Hennepin County Technical Center or Vo-Tech. Some go to lunch, then mainstream or jobs, but the remaining hard core students go to Beyond Mini with Randy in the weight room. These die-hard individuals are as follows: Chris Bagdons, Chris “Glow-Man” Glowasky, Josh Stinson, Jesse Walker, Justin Weitnauer, and yours truly, David “Zyt” Zytkoskee. But there is a new person with us, yes, a new addition! Elliot Tan! Yep, the big guy is pumping his muscles for the camping trips and other activities!
As you can see, here in Mini-School you have a wide variety of things to do. So choose wisely, my son, and may the Force be with you!