A Solution to the Problems Facing Public Education

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A focus needs to be put on the needs of the individual as opposed to the masses. We do not want our system to fall prey to dropping education standards. Rather than challenging the lower level students to make higher grades, administration currently matches their minimum level of effort as a passing grade. This is hurting students of all intelligence levels, as it holds back the stronger students and reduces the challenge for the weaker children. Independent study will be a major part of academic courses, so students can choose their own pace for many assignments. It will also be easy for students to get help before or after school, either through meeting the teacher in person or through utilizing online chat systems where they can speak to their teachers outside of the classroom. The classroom environment will be more laid back compared to how it is today, and teachers will serve as role models to our students. Ralph Waldo Emerson says in his essay “Education”, “Teach them to hold their tongues by holding your own” (Emerson). Students will thrive in a stress free environment, rather than in the current anxiety-building system. Final grades will be determined by yearlong success and by a course examination. Students will have freedom to choose whether they would like to focus their exam on multiple-choice or writing sections (whichever they feel more comfortable with). “Understanding doesn’t mean that you can suddenly speak the language. Far from it. It’s a small step, nothing more, yet rewards are intoxicating and deceptive” (Sedaris). Our schools wish to promote 100% success, and rather than letting students get away with putting in minimal effort, we will push them to give it their all.
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...eclipse the current ones. The process of teaching to the individual needs to be integrated into the teaching system, and the sooner that that is accomplished, the sooner the student generation begins to thrive.
Education needs to be revolutionized. It is embarrassing that a superpower such as America does not consider education its first priority. The original purpose of public school was to create knowledgable citizens. If we begin training students for the frightening “real world” which they will one day face, they will be better adapted to learn tasks they will utilize every day. Not everybody needs Calculus or Literary Analysis every day once they leave school. Our school system will form all kinds of people - from McDonald’s workers to Presidents - but they will all reach their full potential through our schools, and they will be ready for whatever awaits them.

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