july 21,2010


In a perfect world, what and how would you change the educational system in our country?


IN A PERFECT WORLD EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE EITHER AP OR HONOR CLASSES SO THAT THEY COULD BE CHALLENGED AND FIND THEIR POTENTIAL. EDUCATION WOULD BE A PRIORITY IN LIFE. BECAUSE AS AMERICANS WE ARE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPORTUNITIES WE ARE GIVEN. STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS WOULDN’T BE THE ONLY WAY TO MEASURE A SCHOOL. INSTEAD MANY SCHOOLS WOULD BE MEASURED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF A STUDENT IN AN ACADEMIC TEST. I.E. SAT, ACT, AND FINALS. TEACHERS WOULD BE EVALUATED MORE TO SEE HOW WELL THEY PERFORM TEACHING AND HOW WELL A STUDENT UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE TEACHER IS TEACHING. INB THE OLD DAYS EDUCATION HAD A PURPOSE.WHICH WAS TO HELP STUDENTS FIND WHAT THEY WERE GOOD AT AND TO CHALLENGE THEM SO THAT THEY WOULD BE BETTER PREPERED FOPR THEIR FUTURE AFTER THEY FINISHED SCHOOL AND MOVED ON.
NOW IT HAS CHANGED. MANY STUDENTS ARENT CHALLENGING THEM SELFS AND TEACHERS DON’T CARE EITHER. MANY TEACHERS NOW ONLY FOCUS ON THEIR AP STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD. I ALSO THINK THAT IN A PERFECT WORLD WE WOULD ONLY BE LEARNING THINGS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA USE IN LIFE AND NOT WASTE STUDENTS TIME TEACHING THEM SOMETHING THAT HAS NO PURPOSE.FOR EXAMPLE HALF OF THE HISTORY CLASSES THAT WE TAKE IN MY OPINION SHOULDN’T EVEN BE THOUGTHT. ALSO SCHOOLS SHOULD BE GETTING MORE MONEY PER PUPIL SO THAT EACH STUDENT HAS THE SAME OPORTUNITY TO LEARN IF THEY WANT TO LEARN. ALSO I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE TOUGHT BY EDUCATIRS WHO ACTUALLY LIKE TO TEACH AND KNOW WHATS AT STAKE. FINALLY, STUDENTS DON’T DESERVE TO BE IN A CLASS WERE HALF THE STUDENTS DON’T WANT TO LEARN AND THE TEACHERS ARE FOCUSING MORE ON DICIPLINARY ACTIONS THAN ON TEACHING