January 8, 2010  
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Baby Think It Over

During the last couple of weeks in October, the campus was suddenly filled with mechanical bundles of joy-taking the place of real life babies. Students enrolled in the preparation for parenting course soon experienced a parenting experience that brings frustrating joy. The cries and demanding needs of the newly accounted for mechanical baby bring attention that the students enrolled in this course could ever imagine.
“This class makes the students aware of how it is to have a child and offer it all that it needs,” said Ms. Carson, personal development teacher. “It also helps some students refresh their memory if they already have a child,” Said Carson. Carson believes that the project brings the reality of parenting to life for many students. She also added that grades may differ in many cases from those students who may have day-to-day contact with babies or small children versus those that don’t.
“I did not know what to expect being woke up in the middle of the night”, said Brionna Smith, junior. With little or no assistance with her child, proved to be hard work for Smith. “This stimulation taught me a very valuable lesson,” said Smith, “and it was not to have kids! That is-anytime soon,” said Smith.
Although only a few percentages of the students at the school participated in the program, just about everyone on campus was affected, including teachers. “I think this way students learn responsibility,” said Frances Jones, Algebra II teacher. Jones has many students who participated in the program in her classes.
“I would advise students to take this project seriously, and to see how much responsibility it is to bring a baby into this world.” Said Jones. This golden piece of advice can be used towards anyone who assumes that they are ready for such a huge responsibility such as a child.

Written by: Odette Vega

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