Interview Conducted on: May 12th 2009Interview Conducted by: Jamar O. Springfield
JS: WHO WAS YOUR PRINCIPAL WHEN YOU ATTEND CUMMINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
WG: FREEMAN MR. FREEMAN
JS: WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT?
WG: HUMANITIES ENGLISH WHICH IS ENGLISH AND HISTORY PUT TOGETHER
JS: WHAT WAS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT?
WG: CHEMISTRY MR. COOK
JS: WHAT WAS SOME OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED AT CUMMINGS?
WG: WE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN TENNIS WE WERE THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS THAT WAS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT, I RUN TRACK I DIDN’T GRADUATE WITH HONORS I WAS IN THE TOP 35 OF THE CLASS
JS: DO YOU THINK CUMMINGS IS BETTER OR WORSE NOW A DAYS?
WG: REALLY AND TRULY I THINK ITS WORSE WE WHEN WE WERE THERE THE TEACHERS REALLY CARED ABOUT RATHER OR NOT THE STUDENTS GRADUATED OR PASSED AND NOW I JUST SEEMS LIKE THE TEACHER ARE THERE JUST FOR THE MONEY WHICH THERE NOT MAKING THAT MUST MONEY IT JUST THE KIDS NOT THE SAME WHEN WE WERE THERE WE WAS GLAD TO GO TO SCHOOL AND HAVE FUN WANNA LEARN THE KIDS NOT DON’T GO TO SCHOOL FOR THAT THEY GETTING INTO GANGS OR TOP NOTCH WITH EVERY BODY THEY PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON SPORTS THEN THEY HAVE ON ACADEMICS I AM GLADS THEY GOT THAT NEW ROLE WHERE YOU GOTTA HAVE A CERTAIN GRADE POINT AVERAGE TO PASS AND PLAY SPORTS IF YOU DON’T HAVE EDUCATION YOU CANT O NO WHERE I JUST THINK ITS NOT LIKE IT WAS WHEN WE WERE THERE MORE PARENT WHERE CONSIDERED NOW YOU CANT GET PARENT INVOLVED SOME OF YOU CAN BUT MOST OF YOU CAN SO I THINK THAT ITS JUST IN WORSE SHAPE WHEN WE WERE GOING
JS: WHAT WERE YOU ALL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS?
WG: WE HAD TO HAVE 14 UNITS AND OURS COUNTED FROM THE 9TH GRADE TO THE 12TH GRADE SO MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU WERE IN 11TH GRADE YOU HAD JUST ABOUT EVERY THING YOU NEEDED EXCEPT MAYBE AN ENGLISH OR HISTORY YOU HAD TO BE A REAL DUMMY NOT TO BE ABLE TO GRADUATE WHEN WE GRADUATED I DON’T THINK THEY HAD AN HONOR SOCIETY I THINK THAT CAME LATER CUMMINGS WASN’T FINISHED BUILDING CUMMINGS THAT’S WHEN THEY STARTED INTEGRATION
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