I don’t think that someone could of convinced me that after
being in school for thirteen years of my life that I would come to college and
decide that education is one of the hardest things to define and that the way
education is headed is a nightmare and almost makes me scared.
Part of the main components to my education class that has a
field component is to interview teachers, art instructors, principals, anyone
really to observe as much as I possibly can about the school system from a
perspective other than a student. I have to say that I am APPALLED by the fact
that we put so much emphasis on all of these tests.
I know that I don’t really use cursive anymore unless I am
trying to be fancy, but what do you mean you don’t teach cursive anymore!?! At
least I am capable of doing it if I have to, like how are you going to sign
your name?? I also completely understand why half of the people in college don’t
know how to write essays (something that I had drilled into me before I even
entered high school). There are so many things that are being cut out of a
school day because it doesn’t benefit the students in order to take tests, well
that is all fine and dandy until they get to the part of schooling,
particularly college, and you aren’t taught the same way anymore, you have to
think for yourself, be creative and above all write ESSAYS!
I may be in the minority or the majority when I say these
things I am not really sure, but I can say with 100% confidence that I wouldn’t
be the same student if I hadn’t been to private school for all those years. I
feel that I am better-rounded and can think for myself better than some of my
peers who only know how to regurgitate information. It saddens me that this
country, one that prides itself on freedom and “Democracy” has such a poor
educational system. Did you know that we are being outperformed by a ridiculous
number of countries that I think is 44. 44 countries are BETTER than the United
States, and how is the US deciding to fix this? Give more tests and make
teacher salaries based off of these tests, one teacher I talked to said that
Maryland is even trying to make a teacher only be guaranteed half of their
salary, that’s right HALF of their salary until the results on the tests come
in and then depending on performance may or may not get the rest of their
salary. I am sorry but what kind of incentive are you giving teachers to TEACH
your children, your pride and joy the FUTURE of this country. You want all of
your children to grow up and be successful yet you don’t provide teachers the
opportunity to do so, and whose fault is that if little Sally can’t do
something or little Sally is doing badly? The teachers. The fact that majority
of the public would say it is the TEACHERS fault just irritates me. Yes I know
there are those teachers who don’t help the stereotype but it isn’t an “easy
job” to do. Shoot I feel like if all of those people who say teachers are the
problem had to teach for a year and saw what it takes and what goes into it to
actually perform and have some kind of positive result they would be whistling
a different tune. But in fact the people who decide what should happen to
education are those who are ignorant to what it really needs, and these are the
people that we put in charge to make decisions…
