Summary: We begin a series to better understand the challenges facing all high schools by looking closely at one school: Western Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina.
"Welcome to Western Guilford" serves up a day in the life of a changing North Carolina High School, buffeted by the waves of immigrants and a shifting economic reality. The locally addressed issues are common across the country many urban centers, so this segment might make a good kick off for panel discussions on social upheaval and schools.
But the scenes portrayed are a bit at a frentic pace, barely giving the listener time to take in a scene before they are whisked away by another scene setting sound.
I hope the rest of the pieces in this series allow a bit of breath in between its parts, other wise the audience may find themselves tunnig away to give their ears a break
Comments for Part 1: Welcome to Western Guilford
This piece belongs to the series "Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School"
Produced by Deborah George, Emily Hanford, Alison Jones, Ben Shapiro
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Michael Johnson
Posted on October 03, 2006 at 10:17 PM | Permalink
Review of Part 1: Welcome to Western Guilford
"Welcome to Western Guilford" serves up a day in the life of a changing North Carolina High School, buffeted by the waves of immigrants and a shifting economic reality. The locally addressed issues are common across the country many urban centers, so this segment might make a good kick off for panel discussions on social upheaval and schools.
But the scenes portrayed are a bit at a frentic pace, barely giving the listener time to take in a scene before they are whisked away by another scene setting sound.
I hope the rest of the pieces in this series allow a bit of breath in between its parts, other wise the audience may find themselves tunnig away to give their ears a break