Summary: Should The Bar Be Risen

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Should The Bar Be Risen

RE:" Time to raise the bar in high schools," written by Jack O' Connell

Raising the high school standards can increase the problem solving skills and communicating skills. This is a topic I can see as a positive change. Unless the standards are to high and could seem unfair.

Having the standards raised for high school and accomplishing high standards student would seem more competitive for the real world. If the standards are raised to high the students would have a lot accomplish. Students also have a life at home to worry about and being part of a lot of other extra curricular activities would be a very busy schedule.

Raising the standards wouldn’t seem easy to adjust to if that was all you had to worry

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