Personal Essay: The Importance Of Elementary School

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Elementary schools Is Important
Imagine if you are a six year old kid and your parent asked you if you want to go to
School and learn or stay home and watch TV instead?. If you chose to remain home, then you just ruined your future career with having no idea of the consequences. Elementary schools are a dream come true for some kids and not for another, either or. Elementary schools are the base that makes us develop our learning skills and build our knowledge. Although, some people may argue about having their kids to go to school and they may figure out a way to be out of it. In Garland’s, article “Let’s Really Reform Our Schools”. Anita Garland pointed out to not force students to go to school unless they have the interest in learning.
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This kind of rewarding will build our kids confidence. In addition, school projects may bring to light students ' achievements, where they invent or create. This will not only give the student confidence, but also build their self-respect. For instance, when I was a kid, I used to work on art projects and I won several times in different contests that were created by the school. By this kind of rewarding, I learned that working hard will always drive me to the right path and I believe this what made me successful in reaching my career. Before three months, I was able to design three rewards for the winner of OC Fashion Week which is a very successful thing to put on my resume and also to help me precede my career. Kids may not be interested in waking up early and going to school to learn because simply they don 't understand the objective of going to school and how it may affect their future, but we still have to send them no matter of what excuses they make. However, some people may argue with forcing their kids to go to school. For instance, Anita Garland quoted “ Not only must we stop forcing everyone to attend school; we must stop allowing the attendance of so-called students who are not interested in studying” (Garland p.620). By not forcing our kids to go to school and let them do what they want, their academic future, their confidence and their

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