The Problem Of High School

The idea that the American education system requires its students to attend school for a full 13 years is absurd. The average student does not need 13 years of high school to be prepared for graduation and college, and those who do require that much attention most likely would not succeed in college anyways. In the typical high school, students and teachers waste more time focusing on sports and social issues rather than actual schooling. When one truly realizes how many days are wasted at sporting events or on silly pep rallies and activities, then it becomes clear why it’s a waste to attend school for such a large amount of time.

Challenges and obstacles are life defining moments in someone’s life that teaches them skills and responses that they can utilize and build upon for the duration of their lives. I would not necessarily call my challenge a moment, I would call it a period or season of my life where I had to learn how to cope with the many personalities of high school students, and differentiate who I would consider my friends. High school is a very stressful environment and peer pressure is very prevalent. Not only is there the fact that you may not attend a high school in the same town as you live, but inevitably, it thrusts you into a world of people you may not even know.

“When I encounter people who try to make me feel lesser than an equal, I don't argue. My equality is not up for debate, it is an implicit truth.” (Rachel Wolchin).

I was surprised to learn that in college the educational system is the same as my prior schooling, American History that excludes or limits the discussion of African-American History. For me, it served reminder how our educational systems continue to disregard the contributions of African-Americans to the United States of America, which I believe, continues the racist attitudes toward people of color due to a lack of understanding our complete history. In America, I feel as though we have moved on from our America History without genuinely understanding the impact these moments in time has had on who we are today as a country. As I researched the aforementioned essay topic, it gave me an appreciation for my heritage. Furthermore, it gave me an appreciation for everyone regardless of race who protest, fought and sacrificed their lives for the human rights

The only time some African Americans hear about African American history is inside school, and usually the African American race are not the ones being adulated. Learning about African American history is important because a lot of the issues we faced in the past are repeating. In the past, black people could not drink from the same fountain, use the same bathroom, or sit in the same seats. For many years, black people were not worthy of the lifestyle that was offered to others. They were considered less than human and so they were involved in intense labor and experienced sexual racism. Some people use the Pathological Approach to explain these hardships and how these issues could have contributed to instability and disruption in African American families. The SWAAG program will educate our males about the past. We will enhance their knowledge by teaching them quotes written and said by African Americans, titles of books written by African Americans, and the biographies of

Until quite recently, education in the United States has been more of a privilege than a human right. Slaves were deprived of reading and writing, and schools were not integrated until the Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century. Even then, African-American students continued to face the harsh realities of discrimination and inferior opportunities to white students. Still today, while education has become mandatory for all children through law, many students are not provided with the proper information and resources to become successful adults. We often take education for granted, but for many young students, the idea of lifelong knowledge is somewhat of a liberating factor. Through often difficult yet inevitable situations, however,

You walk into the classroom and it’s the most awkward thing ever. You regret the day you signed up for this class...African American history. But why? Why did everyone inelegantly stare? Why does your skin color make matters this problematic? It’s essential that a class like African American history becomes more diverse. Most assume that this class is aiming for an African American audience. This assumption is completely misleading, but most fall the underdog to. The homogeneity society amongst the students is bare and should be altered.

Question 1: What key activities have you been involved in at school, in the GEAR UP program, and/or in your community? Also, describe your most significant scholastic achievement or other honor/awards to date.

When I graduated from high school, I submitted my application to BYU. I believed that I will surely get accepted from them because whenever I set a goal, continually pray to God, and put my best effort into everything, there was always success in my life. However, this time was different. I encountered the first biggest failure in my lifetime that I did not get accepted to BYU. I was very disappointed about the school's decision, and I tried so many times to understand why I could not make it. Being unsatisfied, I started to think that my efforts and achievements during my high school years such as GPA, TOEFL, ACT, and the Seminary work were all in vain. This negative mind even led me to blame God by questioning "how could You abandon me?"

The educators in the documentary, “Rethinking High School: Best Practice in Action,” claimed that authenticity, collaboration, and challenge are the three core principles that are needed in our school system to achieve better teaching and learning. I agree with the statement, especially when we are talking about urban schools.

What’s wrong with high school? There is one big problem with high school, and any other school, it is that it’s boring to most students and that they would prefer to be doing physical activities rather than worksheets. Another solution would be to have students work with each other.

1. Family problem – family issues affect students performance in school as students are not cognitively developed but psychologically,emotionally, or affectionately developed too therefore if they are in a bad state or when family issues such as child abuse,sibling rivalry and many more are burdened on students there is the possibility for the student to flop especially in a case where the student is an excellent child.

The goal is to target several audiences, with the main target being high school students. The reason is that high school students are still unsure what their plans are after graduation, and they are the main individuals that use social media as a key source for news and information. High school students are the majority of potential recruits that pursued additional sources of information online and were unable or unwilling to find their answers from military websites or talking with recruiters (Yeung and Gifford, 2011). The other target audiences are the influencers and educators of potential recruits. Attempt to reach out to parents, community leaders, social media bloggers, and education personnel such as administrators, teachers, counselors, and coaches. I believe these target audience are an appropriate source to reach out to. Recruiters across the board say they are weathering what could be a very challenging recruiting environment thanks to close relationships they have built not just with potential applicants, but also their parents, teachers, coaches and community leaders who influence their decisions to join the military (Miles, 2013).

Being an educator at any level in the school system is very important for advancing the youth. Being a high school educator is extremely important in that many teachers at this level of education have to prepare the students for adulthood and the real world. Being an effective high school educator includes incorporating the multitude of the learning styles that the students have, along with the different styles of teaching and the most effective ways of delivering the material to the students, how to keep classroom control, and finally how to keep certain situations from escalating through assertive discipline.

In today's society, sometimes it's hard to adjust to a new environment, switching from one high school to another could be challenging. Some of the problems I have faced was getting bad grades, getting along with new people, and adjusting to my attitude. Switching from one high school to the other was indeed challenging. One of the issues I had to face was getting bad grades. In the first high school, I was pretty good at English as far as the reading and writing; but as soon as I transferred all of that changed. My grades in my old school in English. I never knew I had a problem with anything. Noticing that the school I transferred from and the school I graduated from work on completely different levels. Although all New York City schools follow the D.O.E regulations , both schools had different teaching methods. I didn't know that little things like my grammar or even my essay format can affect my grade. When my grades started to plummet I got worried and I knew I had to take action. I started to focus more, study more, pay more attention in class just to get a higher grade. After I was used to how the teachers taught, my English grade started to go up and by the end of the semester I did much better. I also was worried not only about the class but about the regents I had to take that was also an English regents. This was the main problem because if I didn't pass this regent I wouldn't be able to graduate. Graduation was the only thing I was worried about because I put in