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December 1, 2009
Judy Wu
There are some teachers who love spirit week and others who can’t wait until the week ends.
English teacher Sharon Jones is one of the teachers that love spirit week. Jones participates in the teacher skit every year.
“Spirit week is a great time for students to work and come together as a class. The teacher skit is a good chance for students to see teachers in a whole new way and show that teachers have spirit too,” Jones said.
Still, Jones believes education is important and does not change the amount of work she gives to her students. Other teachers like English teacher Teri Hu dislike spirit week. Hu believes spirit week is very time-consuming.
“Teachers are encouraged to not give much work during spirit week. It’s not teaching students to be responsible. Fun should not deny education,” Hu said.
Hu believes competition is secondary at spirit week and classes should not battle each other but come together as a school all week.
” Instead of every class doing their own thing, all the classes should do it together. There could be different themes each year to mix things up a bit,” Hu said.
Despite her objection against spirit week, Hu thinks Spirit week is fun and cute. She wished she could dress up in pajamas, but she only teaches seniors.
” Everyone deserves a pajama day,” Hu said.
