Adam MacLeod's Personal Web Site - School Life - Under Construction
This page is all about my school experiences, both in high school and in college. I will link to the web sites of my high school and college so you can get more information on them.
I went to the W. Ross Macdonald School for the blind and visually impaired in Ontario, Canada for my high school career.
Around half the school's population lived outside of town, so they lived in residences operated by the school. I was among this unfortunate group. The reason I say it was unfortunate is because sometimes, the residences can really feel like prisons. Keep in mind, I have never been to prison, so I don't know at all what its really like, but it felt very confined and restricted at times.
The residence ran recreational activities such as sports, crafts, baking, movie nights, bowling, and other things. At first, I wasn't very open to participating in many extra-carricular activities. Though I didn't open up much to the residence activities, I did start to like the Students' Council in my latter years.
In my final year at the school, I was elected president of the Students' Council. I was in charge of putting together committees to run activities for the students, submitting proposals and paper work to the school's administration for approval, make sure that events ran smoothly, and otherwise be an example student. I had to give a few informal speeches at assemblies at the school as well. I had to keep the council functioning and together.
Although I don't think I was that good of a leader, I was told by several of the staff and a very few number of students that I was the best president they'd seen in years. Its just too bad that it seemed like three quarters of the students were against me by the time I left. Everywhere my executive turned, they heard complaint after complaint after complaint. I swear, if W. Ross was good for anything, its the rumors and complaints. Trust me, I did my share of complaining too.
Although there was certainly a noticeable negative aspect of being the leader of the Students' Council at Ontario's only school for the blind and deaf, there were the great moments. The moments of pride, the feelings of accomplishment. I had a few of those. One of those times was when a group of friends and I came up with the idea of a new event that hadn't been run before, or at least in a very long time. We decided to celebrate the May 24 weekend with a dance outside. We came up with the idea, and the Students' Council and I put it in motion. it turned out to be a great success, and there were few complaints about this event!
Two other aspects of my high school career that I would like to share with you are discussed on the Hobbies and Interests Page.
I graduated from high school in June 2005. In september 2005, I started my post secondary career at St. Lawrence College.
I took the Computer Networking and Technical Support program at the Kingston, Ontario campus and graduated with distinction in June 2007.. As mentioned on the Hobbies and Interests page, I am very much interested in network administration, support, and anything related to computers. I enjoyed this program, even though the workload could get quite heavy and stressful at times. Some of the subjects I studied during this program include:
If you want more information on any program offered at any of the college's three campuses, just visit their web site.