I`ve made a lot of decisions in my short life however, none of them may be as crucial or life changing as the one I made this year. I`m quitting traditional high school, yes you heard that right, I am quitting traditional high school. Some of my reasons for doing so apply exclusively to my personal situation. However, most of the reasons that pushed me to leave traditional high school apply to everyone. In this article, I`m just going to cover the reasons that everyone should consider leaving traditional high school. After this I will do an article about alternatives to regular high school and talk about what I`m personally doing instead of attending regular high school. Just a quick disclaimer this is my opinion and a lot of this is based on personal experience (I can just hear my English teacher cringe as I write this article from the first person). However, I think most students, and teachers would agree with most of the statements I am about to make, now let’s get started.
Firstly, it is has been proven and agreed upon by multiple experts that western education is outdated, but no far reaching reforms have been enacted yet. When standardized
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When is the last time a school taught someone how to do their own taxes? Or file for a mortgage? Invest in the stock market? Provide internships to help us decide what we want to do in the future? Work together on something with real world applications? Teach us how to budget? Public schools teach none of these things. Many would argue it is the job of the parents to teach many of these skills. However, many parents don`t do this, and many more parents just aren’t around to teach their kids these essential skills, and some don’t know how to do any of things correctly themselves. This is why it should be the responsibility of public schools to at least gives us an introduction to some of these
The purpose of Rebecca Solnit’s “Abolish High School” is to criticize the present high school system along with the emotional and academic strain it puts on developing minds. Solnit’s intended audience is any educated person with the opportunity to voice their opinions on the current approach to schooling.
Walter Kirn successfully unearths some of the worst aspects of senior year. However, these reasonings are not sound enough to condone the discontinuation of it. Any issues found are the fault of the student or the school administration, not the grade level itself. Senior year is worth holding on to for both the persistence of learning and for solidifying relationships. Kirn mentions with pleasure his choice to leave high school early. Nonetheless the four year high school experience should not be demoralized by those who wish to value it for the irreplaceable opportunity it is.
After high school, there are many different opportunities that open up for everyone. Some people have the chance to go to a prestigious college right after they are done with their high school career. Others might just want a break from school and possibly take a year off. There are no right or wrong answers to what someone does after they finish high school. It all depends on the person's situation or what they feel is best for them. However, there may be some more benefits to taking a year off than going straight to college.
Homeschooling is often portrayed as an overprotective mom - unwilling to let her kids leave her for a day at school, and a large number of children, all unable to hold a conversation, let alone function normally in society. As someone who was homeschooled from kindergarten through eighth grade, I can attest that my homeschool experience was the exact opposite of this confining stereotype.
After high school majority of parents want their children to go to college, graduate, have a promising career and start a family and this is the American dream. Of course going to college will earn you a career and make you financial stable with certain jobs. To earn all those things you need to work even harder to achieve them. Going through four to eight years of college is exhausting and time consuming. There are a lot of stages you go through during college starting from high school. For me I can say that it has been a long journey but it is a well worth journey because of the reward I will receive in the end. In college financial aid, teachers, assignments, and classrooms are different from high school in a major way.
Thousands of dollars for college tuition; thousands of dollars for textbooks and materials, the cost just keeps building up! Students going through high school right now do not have the experience of having to actually pay for school. Often enough, colleges and universities require students to pay hefty prices to attend their schools and leads the hole in our pockets to become deeper and deeper. To change this problem, public colleges and universities should not require tuitions and school materials to be fiscal problems for students. With this, students would not worry about not going to college just because they could not afford it.
Does year-round school truly have a positive impact in the lives of students? Various studies have suggested that year round school is helpful. There are some disadvantages to this type of schooling that are preventing all schools from switching to this type of scheduling. In earlier times schools were only teaching throughout half of the year so that the school would be out of session when it was time to work in the fields. This type of scheduling is still common today, even though only a small portion of agriculture is tied into education and kids are no longer required to work. “In 1994, the National Education Commission on Time and Learning (1994) urged school districts to develop school calendars that acknowledged (a) differences in
All of the notebooks are off the shelf. The school bell rings in the morning.
Why would one hypothesize a change is needed? First, international comparisons show the decline in education. Tests show American high school students rank much lower than other nations on standardized math and science tests (United States 66). On a test given in twenty-one nations, American pupils only outperformed Cyprus and South African students. These results seem more devastating when one sees Asian nations, usually ranking high in competitions, did not participate (McNamara 73). Examinations also reveal pupils' performances decline as students climb up the educational ladder toward college. "We seem to be the only country in the world whose children fall farther behind the longer they stay in school" ("Nation" 1). Yet, just comparing our students to international standards does not divulge the whole story.
Frida Giannini once said, “ The idea of ‘ferie,’ or summer break, is a long tradition of which of all Italians, including myself, participate. It’s a time to relax, reflect and recharge” This quote relates to this topic because imagine having to go to school all year round. Schools should not consider switching from a nine month calendar to a twelve month calendar for many reasons. One reason, is a money issue may be present for schools and families. Also, most students will lack or miss out on their social lives.
Public education funding has more than doubled in the last few years. Money associated with public schools has shown to improve academic outcomes; but the funds have mostly followed social goals. For an example, nutrition programs, education of the handicapped and busing for intermixing. I know this because of my experience with public schools. With many attempts of making
Due to certain circumstances, students are not permitted to leave school grounds to go have lunch off-campus. Critics are quick to argue that it is unsafe, and adds unnecessary dangers that could be avoidable by not leaving the school area. It is arguable that such doubt can be preventable with precautions that the school and staff can take in order to prevent any foreseeable accidents, and also reward those who do well in school by offering them off campus passes to let them go to lunch, in return students will have to maintain good grades and behavior. Therefore, students in school should be given the freedom to leave school campus during their lunch period as long as they maintain good grades, good attendance, and good behavior.
Numerous parents struggle in deciding if they should to enroll their child into school as soon as possible, when the child becomes able to go to mandated schooling, or whether they should wait a year or two to send their child to school. For many parents, there is a clear age at which they should enroll their child into school, which is mandated by state law. However, a great number of parents want to know when their child is ready and cognitively able to begin school. These parents are not heavily focused upon the age of their child, but their intellectual abilities and whether their children will be ready to start school by the current mandated schooling age. Therefore, there is much controversy over whether children are being put into school at too early of an age, not early enough, or if there should be other
Schools can give responsibility to students but never without a cost. Students should have to chance to prove their worth to schools and show how responsible they can be as adults. When students go to college classes as high schoolers they sometimes tend to have more free time during those times. If a child has enough responsibility to take those classes they should have enough to leave school and be trusted to come back to school after their free time is over. Although leaving school early is not something that is smiled upon it should be because some students are ahead and can work their schedule to allow extra time because of hard work in early years.
So, you’re off to Junior High? Wow, it is a compelling ride. The homework, the friends, the classes, the overall experience is one that is not a one to be likely forgotten. Of course, you could be going into this blind, without any heads ups, or any tips or special advice. Well, it looks like you can consider yourself lucky! Here are some tips for getting through Junior High well. I’ll cover what I feel to be the most important things that will help you out the best. First, I’ll go over some of the important things that will help you in class and with your studies. Then, I will over some social aspects regarding keeping a good reputation as well as some personal tips from yours truly!