Wrong! I will tell you why are education system is flawed, why flunking is not a punishment and other options that we could introduce to young struggling students. The American education system is known as one of the best in the world, but just like many great things, flaws are eminent. Year in and year out, students get passed through school prematurely. Many of these kids think they’re on the right track because they pass classes and are moved along with the rest of the class.
She avidly believes that the pressures at home from parents on their children to do outstanding in school is linked to the reasons kids turn to drugs to make them focus harder and longer. One of the author’s main claims is that students believe that the drugs help them in school when in truth Warner’s research shows a negative link between academic progress and the use of these stimulants. She uses research and statistics to prove her claim of how students falsely believe the drugs progress their advancement in school. However, her other main claim on how the parents are responsible for their children abusing the drugs lacks hard evidence or proof of that being the main reason for students to lead to the drug misuse. She does make it clear that this article is strongly intended for parents of students, especially ones to put heavy pressure and expectations on their kids to do exceedingly well in
Erica Goldson Valedictorian Speech Response Erica Goldson brought up a very controversial and very interesting topic about our current education system in the US. She states that students are so focused at memorizing data and getting good grades, that they miss out on the whole idea of learning and being educated. I agree with her, students should be learning and absorbing the material, instead of memorizing for the next big test and just forgetting about it later on. Graduating seems like the top priority in students nowadays, and to me that is just upsetting. And the students who are very talented and are very motivated to learn and be driven in a non-academic subject seem to have a more negative image than the people who are driven by academics.
Sylvia Etim Instructor Tim Nelson English 1013 (012) 2 April 2015 The Pressure of the Public Sometimes people are oppressed into doing what they know that is wrong. The essay “We, the Public, Place the Best Athletes on Pedestals” by William Moller talks about how most athletes and students use performance enhancing drugs in order to achieve their goals. In his essay, Moller defends the athletes by arguing that the major reason they use the steroids is because of the pressure being put on them from the public and the desire to live up to their expectations. Moller uses an essential strategy at the beginning of his essay by using his personal experience to make readers to understand his view of point. He also
Bullying, however, is an important factor that forces many children to exceed their expectations because they “[have] no choice but to persevere and to succeed” (“Love Letter To My Bully”). Colonel Graff, a teacher at Battle School, has used this principle on a young Ender Wiggin, to make him one of the best child soldiers that mankind has ever had. He “isolated Ender to make him struggle. To make him prove...that he was far better than everyone
The percentage of high school drop outs in United States is very high, and some these students that drop out end up in prison or other terrible places such as drug dealing or gangs. In the documentary they also showed some schools with a lot of gang activity and gang violence. Parents of these students work very hard to pay taxes and keep there children in school, in hop that there children will get a good education. Some parents take tons of loans so they can send there kids to a private school, because the public schools are not teaching there students well. These hard working parents and dedicated teachers all want to see America with a brighter future, they are doing what they can to make sure that there children grow up to be important part of a good generation.
Some students get so worked up about the test they can’t even get through it (par.3). Even though the article “Standardized Tests” states that “testing is a normal and expected way of assessing what students have learned and the vast majority of students do not exhibit stress and have positive attitudes towards taking a standardized test like the FCAT,” (par.10). J. Lang Wood, author of many short stories and author of“Negative Effects of the FCAT” begs to differ. According to Lang Wood she claims students are exposed to a “climate of continuous stress” (par. 2).
Whether athletes, especially those at the professional level, know it or not they are role models to numerous young adults. The use of these drugs in professional sports has led young athletes in high school and college to look for such an edge. The danger of using such drugs is far greater for younger athletes, because their bodies are not fully developed yet. A zero tolerance policy at all levels of athletics would also make student athletes much more wary of taking performance enhancing drugs, resulting in more healthy young adults. It would also make professional athletes more cautious in taking such drugs setting a good example for the athletes that look up to
That’s a little scary. Mental health is not an exact science and the criteria for many mental health diagnoses are somewhat subjective. Students have caught onto the fact that more time on tests gives them an advantage and that taking ADHD meds can increase focus and alertness even in someone without the illness. In this increasingly competitive environment, students are resorting to unfortunate measures to get ahead of the
Steroid use in high schools is only continuing to increase. Because of increased athletic competition the number of steroid users only grows larger, and with more people using steroids there are more people getting hurt by their effects. Steroids are harming a whole new generation of athletes that could otherwise be great. These steroids in turn bring the careers of many to an early end. Steroids are ruining a whole generation of athletes with their harmful side