Old and new: two very different school environments
I had seen the outside of the school a few times, mostly just by travelling past or quick glances out the car window, and every time I was nervous, just because of the size of the building, Musselburgh Grammar was nothing compared to this, so when I first walked into the school it was a shock to see the inside. It was a huge difference to my last school, it was extremely modern and very open. The classrooms were bland when we first arrived but are starting to gain character now, the whole school is.
My last school was very grey and dark in interior but it still had character because of the people there. I hope this school will be like that in years to come. Sometimes I think this school is too modern but then I think about other schools and realise you don’t usually get this much colour, but is that always a good thing? I’m still not sure.
When you ask people what their favourite part of the school is they usually say things like the atrium or the hellerup stairs, but that’s not mine, mine is the break out spaces, when the corridors are quiet and lonely, when you can do your work in peace. But that’s still not my favourite part of going to school, mine is that I get to see and spend time with my friends more (and seeing my favourite teacher Miss Roddy of course).
The building feels refreshing, it’s not packed, there’s tons of space so I feel that it improves my learning and stops me feeling stressed because of the noise or just because of the amount of people in general. Do I like it as much as the grammar? I’m still not sure yet, I still need time.