My Experience With The Education System

As we pulled up to the massive elementary school building, I begged my mom to let me stay home from school, just once. As usual, she said no. Realizing my attempt to get out of school was futile, I shouldered my backpack, swung open the door, and trudged over to the front door. I would rather be anywhere else than here. For the majority of my life, I attended public schools. It wasn’t rare for me to fail a test or even a whole class. It was because of these failures that I would get even more demotivated and threw away the idea of working hard or completing quality work altogether.

I found an issue quite evident at Simmons Pickney. I found an issue with the education system and how the structure of the programs did not allow the majority of students to genuinely express themselves nor did it set them up for success in high school. The environment present at Simmons Pickney was seemingly hostile for the most part when it came to the staff. They were constantly yelling at the students even if they were doing nothing wrong; It seemed that the teachers that were sent to the school were at the lower percentile in their classes in college. One teacher in particular, who was supposed to be teaching chemistry could not even balance a simple molecular equation, one that took the volunteers (who were originally sent to the school to help the students with the construction of their boats and to help connect the students at Simmons Pickney with their maritime community, but were now tutors) who had also attempted the equation and completed in less than a minute. The school seems to be set up to fail, and an administrator had even stated the school might be nearing close due to the lack of funding. This funding comes from the state and is based on grades, and I do not think that putting students, most of which have great potential and are quite sociable and intelligent when allowed to be, in a situation that is set up to fail is anywhere near fair. While I have never really had experience dealing with this type of structural deficiency, it is clearly evident that

I always strive to treat others with respect and kindness. The interpersonal strategies I use tend to be successful however, they tend to lead other into believing that they can take advantage of my kindness. They are helpful in regards to helping me maintain and build relationships with family, friends, classmates, professors, and co-workers.

Treat people the way you want to be treated; that's what parents constantly tell their children; in order, for them to be kind to others. If your rude to someone, then that person will be rude to you. If you smile at someone, then that person will smile back. People's actions influence each other in both a positive and negative way. When you do a kind deed for someone that brightens their day, then they will feel happy and inspired to do a kind gesture for another person. It can be as simple as opening the door for someone, or helping them carry their luggage. However, when someone is having a bad day and take their anger out on another person, then that person is mad the rest of the day and may lash out on someone else. Not only do you

yourself to get things done and to meet your own needs. An example of self-reliance is growing

I grew up in a diverse spectrum of economic affluence. Attending public school exposed me to a wide range of economic lifestyles within my community. However, it wasn’t until I was older that I began to notice this. Due to my public school education, the friends that I had growing up came from various backgrounds. My experience growing up with, learning with, and forming friendships with people who have come from low-income families and communities has given me the skills to effectively teach low-income communities. In high school, I was part of several organizations that revolved around community service. Volunteering for organizations that benefit low-income communities and individuals has exposed me to the horrific conditions of poverty

How has Service, Scholarship, Leadership, and Fellowship influenced my educational experience? To be truthful, these Hallmarks didn’t really register with me until my second time around in college. Before, I spent most of my time trying to find myself, or what major I wanted to be in and then finally making sure that I completed all the required classes so that I could finally earn my college degree. I was the first person to go to college in my family. I wanted to make something of myself and still do.

The American education system requires that students complete 12 years of primary and secondary education prior to attending university or college.

Today, along with integration with the world on all aspects about education so the education system in my country also has many programs to help students easier gain access to the education of the world including the US. We know that English very important for students when they want to study in US so my education system has built an environment convenient for students such as English center, website, a program teach about English for students when they are at school, and STEAM system for students to study.

In certain situations, it can be hard but ultimately you should want to show kindness no matter the circumstances. One of my goals is to focus on being a humane person as a follower. Lean to be kind to leaders and individuals that want to teach me about how to better myself personally as well as professionally. This goal is important to me because my progression as a follower is dependent on my leaders and I need to be kind to these individuals so they will want to teach me on how to be successful. Professionally if I do not show a kindness, that I have to ability to work hard no matter what they ask of me, then they will not seek me to take on larger tasks or one-day place me in a leadership role. Personally if I am not kind I will find myself alone and not being able to talk to people for advice on what I need to improve on.

When I arrived to America though, my expectations were altered. I thought in America it would be even more diverse and easier to get along with other races because they are from all around the world. I got along well with everyone in elementary school when I was little so I assumed it would be similar in high school. But it wasn’t exactly true. When I first began attending the public school I got along with people but I realized that I was in a group full of Asians. All my friends were Asian and I didn’t hang out with anyone from a different race. This was very uncanny—I didn’t even mean to but it ended up that way naturally.

“Learning sucks, school sucks and I suck”. The prior statement can describe my mindset l during my formative years of education and my beginning view of college. This negative tone was because I had struggled in school and always received low marks in classes pertaining to English and writing. I believed that I was stupid and uneducated because teachers would point out my flaws, but never show me how to improve in my areas of weakness. I was fortunate to have friends, family and mentors who helped lift my spirits and motivate me to become the learner I am today. Below I will discuss how my struggles in the public school system and how they impacted me. I will then discuss how they diagnosis of ADHD played a crucial role in my development inside classroom. I will discuss how family played a role in my understanding of what it means to be a learner and how their push for me to read continues to help me today. I will conclude with how I see myself as a learner today and how my past, present and future all play a crucial part in my continued growth and development.

As we all know life is full of experiences. Some of those experiences do not affect our lives, where as others are very significant. On my way into eighth grade I made the decision with my family to be home schooled. I learned many useful things, and it’s still fresh in my mind. The lessons I learned from my experience has strengthened my character immensely. My middle school years were the hardest of my life. I experienced more sadness and stress in those three years than an average adult experiences in their whole life. My sixth grade year was nearing to an end, and I had a falling out with my best friends. Before this I had never experienced any drama. As a thirteen year old, I never thought I would experience something so devastating and heartbreaking. A couple months before the school year was ending one of my best friends and I were having a good time hanging out. As the day was coming to an end, her mother came to take her back home. My friends and I were very close and we are always sad to see each other leave. The next morning, I walked into school expecting to see all my friends and have a good time. I began walking towards them and I noticed a couple people glaring at me. Then I realized they were all glaring at me. A lot of people I didn’t know we even giving me dirty looks. The only two people I didn’t see was my best friends. As i went around school looking for them people began whispering when I walked by. The people where saying: “I can’t believe she called

Since the days of preschool, “We the People” have all passed through the education system. Now that I have moved to a higher institution of learning I reflect on the lessons taught by our school system. It seemed to me that the lessons were not to challenging. In middle school, the teachers showed great care for the students. By the time I was in high school, it seemed that the biggest goal of the teachers had shifted from giving a proper education, to rushing students through the next few years to push them out of high school as fast as possible. The questions that arise are: “What happened to create the shift of effort”? “Where did the change come from”? “How do we improve the education system that we put the future minds of this great country through”? “Is it something that we can easily change, or do we need to take a much more in depth look at education in our nation all together?”

Throughout the history of civilization, education has been an important tool in shaping an individual as well as the society that the individual is a part of. In the older civilizations, only the elite upper class had access to education. This kept these people at the top of the social ladder, and suppressed the common people who did not have access to the same education as the nobles. We have come a long way since then, with every child having access to a free high school degree. However, there is still some inequality in this modern education system that has similarities to the old injustices. In this day and age, a college degree is a great start for a young adult starting to enter the work force. According to a study conducted by Pew