Compared to the typical high school environment today, is the New Tech school more stressful, less stressful or about the same?
The average student in today’s traditional high school is bored and disengaged. Even so, they are probably not too stressed as they are not working all that hard. In a New Tech project based school, these same average students tend to be more engaged and rarely ask, “Why do I need to know this or will this be on the test?” Be responsible to a team, managing one’s time/project deadlines, and publicly presenting what you know about a rigorous real world project has more creative tension then most traditional high school environments. If you find students who have been in a “typical” high school environment before attending a New Tech school – what do they miss the most from their days in a “typical” school? What do they miss the least? (These two questions would apply to teachers and parents too) Students who have experienced a traditional high school before attending a New Tech tend to miss the “big school” activities like sports, performing arts, and pep rallies (would still have all t
