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Recently, things like shaving half of your head or wearing clothes styled after Japanese street fashion have become popular. Unfortunately for the educational system, mismanaging school funds is the latest trend.
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), originally proposed by then-President George W. Bush, was created to reward schools whose students show a certain amount of progress. The act was supposed to improve the quality of education by demanding schools improve their performance on standardized tests. It was intended to narrow racial performance gaps and to create attainable goals for all schools and students. While NCLB has at least somewhat effectively championed the regulation of schools through the evaluation of results, it has created a whole new set of problems.
Read. Eat. Sleep. Volunteer. Study. Worry about the future. It sounds like my summer vacation. There are no real breaks from school, because schools always assign homework. Perhaps if we’re good they’ll assign us a book about people having fun. Past generations of students spent their summer vacations having adventures – the stuff we only now know of through books and movies. The truth is, however, is that if we want to compete in a global economy, we have to be the most educated. On the other hand, I argue that having adventures is the key to a well-rounded education.
The fact that the value of grades is decreasing is undebatable. Sure, cheating is an issue, but it’s one that we can attempt to resolve. On the other hand, it is nearly impossible to make learning and teaching styles uniform. Some people are auditory learners, while others are visual learners. Some people learn better when studying alone, while others need someone to thoroughly explain each concept. In general, a lot of students feel as though they cannot fully represent their understanding of material on a Scantron.
School dialogue has changed considerably over the past few years. “Is a computer easily accessible?” is no longer a real question. The overwhelming necessity of a computer to do schoolwork is primarily caused by the overall efficiency of computers and the internet. Instead of having to decipher the messiest of handwritings, teachers now only have to grade sheets filled with computer print. Students have resources available every hour of everyday to help them study and understand any confusing material.
In what seemed to be five minutes into the essay portion of the exam, the AP World History exam proctor proclaimed, “Fifteen minutes left!” Naturally, I panicked. I went from neatly outlining the knowledge I collected from ten documents to hastily concluding the Document-Based Question to messily conveying that I had, in fact, learned something that year on the Change and Continuity over Time Essay.
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