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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with assessments of it being a great school in a not-so-great building. The school needed to be rebuilt 20 years ago. There’s water damage everywhere, falling ceiling tiles, lead all in the water tiles, reports of asbestos, the whole shebang. Once I literally had a cockroach fall ON MY HEAD. I’m still traumatized. But in a weird way the depressing building almost contributes to the camaraderie among students (like how soldiers form friendships with their unit =)). And you always have stories to one-up the whiny Takoma kids when they try and whine about their brand new, state of the art building. And the students are really great. I’ve made friends with students both inside the magnet and out, there’s a lot of really goofy, weird, fun kids who’ve had all different kinds of experiences. Forget what you’ve heard about bullying and vulgarity, those people are mostly just rasicts who can’t handle a majority-minority school. The gym classes are a joke (my gym teacher quit in the middle of the year to become a firefighter, of all things!) and the science classes are really hit-or-miss, but you can’t beat the foreign language teachers, they’re all great. The humanities teachers are all fabulous as well, you form really close relationships with them and you learn a lot. My reading comprehension and writing skills have improved A LOT since I joined the program, and I’m really able to analyze text much more easily. The workload is really nowhere near as much as you would expect, and there are a lot of nights when I have no homework at all. Sixth grade is probably the most fun year, since you do a whole bunch of projects and plays (Greekfest!!!), but seventh and eighth are probably the most informative, and not without their fun projects. I really learned a lot about analytical writing from IDRIP, and all that will be really useful. The teachers are all really charismatic, fun, and engaging, and the classes have really taught me a lot.

TL;DR: Eastern is falling apart, but it’s extremely charismatic and educational[/quote]

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