Film Analysis: Teach Us All

Remember when you were in 3rd grade taking your first assessment and every year after that until your senior year of high school when you took the college admittance exam? The first kind of assessment one might take would be Iowa Assessments then as one gets ready for college they might take the ACT or the SAT. According to “ACT College Readiness”, the ACT is a curriculum-based achievement test that measures important skills to estimate the success for the first year. On the other hand, the SAT has the goal to see what one learned in high school and what they need to succeed in college states the SAT Suite of Assessments. Although standardized tests get one ready for college, and one can get accommodations, college admissions should accept …show more content…
They suggest teachers and professors need to offer an education that will give students an opportunity to learn in diverse ways because there are multiple learning styles no two people learn the exact same way. In the documentary, Teach Us All, directed by Sonia Lowman, Lowman explained students are more likely to drop out of school because of the school system rather than themselves. The school system wasn’t doing its job in ensuring every student had the resources, classes, and the support they needed to pursue a higher education. She described the school system as pushing the students out and were denying students the ladder of opportunity. Scholarships are a fitting example of this, there are many scholarships awarded to students with 4.0 GPA’s, 36’s for the ACT score, and athletics to name a few. Where are the scholarships for students like me who are not star athletes, don’t have a perfect 4.0 GPA, and didn’t even come close to a 36 on the ACT? Where are the scholarships for the students who must work twice as hard as any other student because school doesn’t come easily to them or they have some learning disabilities that make school harder for them? Students who have it where school comes easily to them are given more scholarship opportunities than students like me who are being denied these scholarships because …show more content…
Taking the ACT was a process first the studying aspect, then the accommodations part, and lastly, my mental health. My parents found Tom Schivley, a tutor and a college whisperer he was on the UNI school board as well. He first helped me study for the ACT and got me acquainted with UNI. This test was stressing me out to the point where I was making myself sick over it. He explained how this test is only a tiny part and will not determine one’s future. Robert J. Sternberg explained standardized tests access only analytical skills and knowledge base skills they completely ignore creative and practical skills. Tom Schivley said, “Some colleges don’t require the ACT or the SAT!”. Sternberg mentioned Flex Path admissions where schools ask for examples of academic work or projects that reflect motivation of organization and problem-solving skills. I continued to ask myself, why take the ACT? My reason was I wanted to prove to myself I can do anything I put my mind to, it may be hard, but I am going to finish it and come out stronger than if I don’t take the test. After the test, I felt really disgusted and I never wanted to take it ever again! It was extremely hard for me, but I was glad I got it done and over with. I am not the only one who felt that way after taking the ACT, Sternberg created multiple projects, Rainbow Project, AP Project, Kaleidoscope Project, and