High schools in the United States have more opportunities compared to countries outside the United States. The opportunities in the United States are plentiful due to the exceptional teaching skills and second chances that the professor contains. I have first hand experience with this structure of teaching, and it has helped me tremendously. On the other hand, some countries don’t give second chances to the students that put their effort into trying their hardest.
Opportunities are found within the classrooms of America, as people say the United States is the “land of opportunities.” People come from all over the world just to go to the U.S. They come because they want to have a better life than what they had …show more content…
I think opportunities can lead people to become better thinkers and lead people to fix mistakes with their unique technique. On the contrary, having opportunities could lead students to think petty of assignments until, they fail and get a second chance. I could understand that quantities of people don’t strive to achieve good grades on tests and fail all of them, then later do test corrections and earn a C+. This makes me disappointed, the students have potential, but instead of putting that potential to good use, they throw it down the …show more content…
My knowledge from the outside world is limited but, I have my sources; some being my teachers, one of them having experienced a dreadful event that occurred on Mrs.Beck’s trip to Europe, She explains, “In Europe, children that want to go into high school have to take a test that essentially states “life or death situation,” but not literally.” She goes on describing an eighth grader’s mom that was very sick; the daughter tended to her without preparation for the big test. She soon after took the test and died-spiritually, but in saying it in a way as, “My life is over”. The girl’s mom pleaded to the Government asking for a second chance for her poor, lonely, depressed little daughter yet, the Government stood strong without any change in emotion and denied her request leaving the eighth grade student to have an eight graders education. This horrific event brings up questioning: Would America make my dream come true? In a way yes, it is stated by James Truslow Adams in his novel, “The epic of America,” that there is such thing as the “American Dream.” The Americans built this statement to the supreme level so that each and every American can have a future: to look up to, to have the job they’ve always wanted to have, to have a time of a