Human intelligence is remarkably organic, and exists as a fluid, evolving nature completely unsuited to the rigid specifics of the American education system. As time progresses, there grows a greater emphasis within high schools, middle schools, and even elementary schools, on standardized testing as the pinnacle of achievement. It is inevitable that students prepare for university, seeing as to that degrees have become so common they are practically useless, but it is still inconsiderate for all of a student's education to revolve around minute specifics necessary for a test and irrelevant in the grand scheme of life.
If America wants to idealize its public school systems, it must completely rebuild them from the ground up. School should be malleable and suit itself to the needs of each individual student with the goal of preparing them academically for their future, even if that future isn't 4 years at a selective university. Teachers must listen to their students, and understand what makes them tick, what they want to learn. Students learn best when they want to, and schools should be reformed to develop passions within each child that will lead them to maximize their own potential.
This is a great line - "Human intelligence is remarkably organic, and exists as a fluid, evolving nature completely unsuited to the rigid specifics of the American education system." Please use it in your presentation! This would be a great post to share with school board members and our elected officials!
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