MICHAEL BAIR: "The novels they're reading now, for lack of a better phrase, they're very manly novels. They're novels that deal with the arrogance of man and the pride of man which is ultimately man's downfall."
One of those books, for example, is "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada's Klondike Gold Rush.
On this day, the students are working in small groups. Vincent and Logan explain why they are drawing pictures that relate to the story.
VINCENT: "The main character, Buck, he gets abducted and they send him off to the Yukon in a train. So I'm drawing part of the story where he's in the train. It gets you to visualize the setting of the story and gets you to think more about what's going on in the story, the important events of the story."
LOGAN: "Instead of just doing work sheets about it, this is a lot more fun."
Morgan Van Fleet is a senior at Boonsboro High. She liked being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom.
MORGAN VAN FLEET: "To me, it almost seems like it's hindering your chances at developing yourself because you're more focused on 'Oh, I wish they'd shut up. Oh, what do they think of me?' instead of focusing on what's the homework or what's going on in this class, what's the lesson."
There is one activity that girls and boys in the Academy do together. At the end of the day, many of them stay and help tutor students who are having trouble in school.
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