The talk about the weaknesses of our school education system has been around for what seems like forever. We try to fix them but only to end up creating more problems that affect the system itself but as well as the students in it. One of the things that we try to improve is the education itself. Over the past few decades, it seems as if the standards of what you need to do in order to graduate and be able to get into a good college has gone over the roof. Students that enter the school system every year are pressured even more than the previous graduating class. New high standards are set, which most students will never be able to fully accomplished, unless they breathe, eat, and sleep school. All of this pressure to be the best, to get into the best colleges in the country, to have good grades, ultimately gets to be too much for students to the point in which they suffer from stress. There is not enough hours in the day to be able to complete all the things students are expected to do.
A normal day of a student consists of going to school, in which they'll spend 7 hours in. Followed by roughly 2 hours of homework, not including studying and advanced placement classes which most students are pressured to take and require more time, and lets not forget extra curricular activities which look good in college applications. Several studies have concluded that a growing teen needs at least 9 hours of sleep, which most students nowadays don’t get as they stay up late trying to finish their assignments. Teens therefore lack sleep which deteriorates their academic performance. Students who are unable to cope with the constant need to excel in school will suffer from anxiety disorders that comes from the stress of it all. School boards need to realize that students don’t need the work overload that comes from teachers every year, they already have enough that comes from parents and the biggest contributor, themselves. No I’m not saying that students shouldn’t be pushed to give it their best, but at what point will students be enough in the eyes of the school system?
This was very well written and was worded very well. You pointed out the problems students face every day and gave evidence to back it up. I agree with everything you had to say and strongly agree that this is a huge problem with the education system. Your evidence about how much sleep teenagers need was a very good contribution to your essay because it showed how little sleep teenagers actually get and how it really effects us. I agree that each year the school system gets harder and harder and requires higher standards per class. You used a very good issue and did a fantastic job with this.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all the problems you pointed you with the public education system. You are spot on with how every year there are higher and higher standards for students and that the education system puts too much pressure on them. I like how you point out the hours students put into school, and how they can’t get the amount of sleep that an average teenager should get. Doing and extra-curricular activities like being a Student Athlete sometimes have even a harder time with getting their school work because they come home from practice around six and are tired from an exhausting practice so it’s hard for them to be able to do their best on homework and sometimes summative work, so the amount of work given is sometimes insane these days. Your blog on this issue is one of the best I’ve read and I support everything you said. You back up all the problems you pointed out in the education system and that are why it’s hard to disagree with anything you said.
ReplyDeleteI think that this was written very well. The problem that you described is one that I agree with completely. When you addressed the issue, there were many details to back it up and would make everyone else that reads it agree with you as well. Also it was good how you provided the evidence about the amount of sleep we get, it made the problem seem worse which was good because you want people to that the work over load is a problem and its unnecessary.
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