What Our Education Needs Is More F's Summary

An F is a grade that many students fear of obtaining in their school career, unless the student does not care about his or her education. In Carl Singleton’s article, What Our Education Needs is More F’s, Singleton expresses his belief that if students begin to receive more F’s, students would be working harder to earn good grades, parents would become more considerate of their child’s education, and teachers would be stricter and harsher when grading. Therefore, education systems requiring teachers to frequently give more F’s will fix the “inadequacies of American education,” or so Singleton believes. (Singleton). Unfortunately, Singleton’s plan if enforced, would have several negative effects to it, such as; students’ motivation would instead diminish rather than accelerate, students would not

One of the blames claimed that “we have low-quality teaching because of low-quality teachers who never should have been certified in the first place.” (). Placing fault on teachers is inaccurate because not all teachers are to blame. There are teachers who push students to reach for their goals and to attend college so they can get a prominent job that makes them happy. Because a student fails, does not always mean it is because the teacher did not teach it well enough. It is possible that the student did not want to pursue further or rebelled against the teacher. There are students that do not want to be there, yet are being forced against their will due to the law. The teacher could be trying their best as well. Even though some may be low-quality, teachers want to see their students to succeed and grow into the person they want to be. Not to watch them fail and achieve nothing. It is sometimes that the students do not comply with their teachers. The one thing agreeable with Singleton is that if a student does not want to be in school, then let them