This past Thursday, I observed the middle-high school session again. I got to interview one more student, one parent (out of three) has replied to my email interview (all three signed consent forms and agreed to participate), and one out of three teachers has also replied to my email interview. This student's interview was not the best, but better than my second student, who was very unresponsive and short in her replies. The parent's replies were also VERY short; I was left with a feeling that she really did not want to do it and just said whatever to "get it done." I don't mean that I think her responses were dishonest--just that she didn't spend too much time thinking about them and giving meaningful answers.
I wasn't satisfied overall with what I observed in this session; the coordinator wasn't there because her grandmother passed away and she was at the visitation. This is the second time that I observed when she wasn't there, and it seems that if she isn't there, there's a lot more socializing and a lot less work going on among the students. It seemed especially noisy that day. There were students working, particularly those who had an adult working with them, but there were less adult volunteer teachers there today as well. I hope Thursday's data is not going to affect my analysis too negatively!
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