<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0zoXme_1FIGC5iB00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0zoXme_1FIGC5iB00" width="1200" height="675" ><figcaption>Jasmine Rundle</figcaption></figure>Your heart beating out of your chest, your hands getting sweaty, you feel the anxiety walking into a class you have just been thrown into, not only a week late but 30 minutes late into the period. You walk in, and everyone is already accustomed to each other, with a seating chart made and assignments already done. Your anxiety is through the roof, and you just want to walk out. When I got my schedule for senior year, I was so excited to see I had an Academic Tutor (AT) first period. Not just because it’s an easy class, but because I love helping wherever I can and loved the relationships I got to build with students and teachers. I went through the first week of training in the Titan Center, filled out my papers, and submitted my request for a teacher, only to be pulled in by Guidance Technician Veronica Jensen and told that because I had already been an AT twice in previous years, I was not allowed to be in a classroom anymore. I was extremely confused because the previous rule stated by Counseling to me was a maximum of two AT classes per school year; there was no mention of a specification on the class or that it was out of all four years. After Jensen explained to me that I would be able to do a Library or Science Lab AT, I was happy we could work it out and continued to wait for a placement. The following day, I continued to the Titan Center like I had been doing, only to be randomly dropped from the attendance and told to find my counselor, where Bianca Aggaguin said I was not allowed to do any sort of AT again, and she explained the rule was that you could not participate in more than two Academic Tutor courses during all of High School.I then had to be enrolled in a random class, which disorganized my next two trimesters’ schedules, and when I asked why this was even put in my schedule if I wasn’t allowed to, I received no answer and was questioned about why I requested it on my course request form from last year. I felt I was treated like I had done something wrong and was an inconvenience to them. I do not agree with the Administration’s rule because I believe it is beneficial for teachers and students to engage and communicate with new people. It’s also sometimes a lot easier to ask a peer for help rather than a teacher. “Specifically, our Academic tutors are just good examples and help out the community,” Penuliar said. AT’s are considered a non-A-G credit and fall under the other Electives category on Course Request Forms. Assistant Principal Cindy Lewis explained the rule was technically in place last year and gave insight on why they made that rule. “Students can only earn credit for that much, and so we want to first of all make sure you’re earning credit for the classes you’re taking, but also we want to encourage students to take a wide variety of courses on this campus,” Lewis said. While I understand administrators want all students to take different classes and all students to get a chance to be an AT. It is only available to upperclassmen with at least a 3.0 GPA, so it’s limited already. It is not a course that is accessible to every Titan on campus. Mainly, I feel that staff should have been more understanding since it was a mistake on their part that ultimately fell on the students’ shoulders to deal with, and they could have been more transparent about the rule before having to waste a week of learning. I do understand it might be too much to let students do it every trimester; I feel that students should at least be able to participate in two AT courses per year. </div></body>

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Your heart beating out of your chest, your hands getting sweaty, you feel the anxiety walking into a class you have just been thrown into, not only a week late but 30 minutes late into the period. You walk in, and everyone is already accustomed to each other, with a seating chart made and assignments already done. Your anxiety is through the roof, and you just want to walk out.

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