While Animas high school is one of the best schools in Durango CO for teacher student relations it was not my first choice. The reason that it's not my first choice is because my older sister went to Animas and she absolutely hated it. She said that when the teachers didn't know how to teacher her they just let her run loose on her laptop and ignored her, granted one of the former teachers didn't teach, and she did not go to other teachers to get help. The next year she attended Big Picture high school, her experience there was much better than Animas. My first choice was an online school and my mother and i struggled to get me into an online school, that didn't work out for me. The first day i did online school i spent the day crying and cursing at the computer. I have to have a teacher that i could have the chance to have a face to face with so that i could understand the class work. My second choice was Big Picture because my sister had such a good experience there, but at the time i wanted to transform they weren't taking any new students so i transferred to Animas. I'm glad that i am going to Animas because of the ESS department, it's a department to help kids with things like dyslexia which i have. ESS is the only reason that i'm passing some of my classes, i'm really thankful for those who work in ESS. -Naomi C