In the movie “Soul Surfer” there’s a scene where a group of kids are asked to look at a zoomed in picture and try to guess what the object is. Their guesses included: a dodge ball, mars, and a blob in a lava lamp when actually the picture was of a fly’s eye. It can be difficult to process what’s being looked at when looking too close. But, if one steps back it can be seen as a whole. This theory is true for life, work, and education. When observing a failing school too closely, fingers might be pointed in the wrong direction. A larger view is needed to find the problem. Although many blame the teachers for poor education, the school system is as fault because of the lack of expectation and skills. However, some put the accountability for the
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American students have multiple times to pass, and with little to no consequences if they don’t. Therefore if one fails they aren’t held back. Instead they advance forward to the next level. Someone who graduates on time would be expected to be at least average, but when a graduate student, from a secretarial school, was tested, a minimal amount of English skills were found (Royko 2). Being able to put a sentence together is a skill a secretary needs, and the system failed to give her that information. Because the system allows social promotion many students aren’t able to obtain the skills needed. Education is like a house, and each grade represents a fundamental of the house. At the end everyone had a house, but not every house will function. Some might get cold in winter while others don’t have any electricity. The system skips procedure checks taking away fundamentals. Equally important, the system doesn’t require maturity. After graduating in the top 7% of his class, Matt started his first year at WOU. By the end of term one his grades were nowhere like the ones he got in high school because “[nobody] from the school called him to ask him why such a good student was faring so poorly[;]…. he could have soared in college—with help” (Har). Help was accessible to Bell, yet he never went looking for it. The system allowed Bell to be held by the hand and walked to every class. Life doesn’t hold you hand. The system takes away the ability to mature when coddling
American students have multiple times to pass, and with little to no consequences if they don’t. Therefore if one fails they aren’t held back. Instead they advance forward to the next level. Someone who graduates on time would be expected to be at least average, but when a graduate student, from a secretarial school, was tested, a minimal amount of English skills were found (Royko 2). Being able to put a sentence together is a skill a secretary needs, and the system failed to give her that information. Because the system allows social promotion many students aren’t able to obtain the skills needed. Education is like a house, and each grade represents a fundamental of the house. At the end everyone had a house, but not every house will function. Some might get cold in winter while others don’t have any electricity. The system skips procedure checks taking away fundamentals. Equally important, the system doesn’t require maturity. After graduating in the top 7% of his class, Matt started his first year at WOU. By the end of term one his grades were nowhere like the ones he got in high school because “[nobody] from the school called him to ask him why such a good student was faring so poorly[;]…. he could have soared in college—with help” (Har). Help was accessible to Bell, yet he never went looking for it. The system allowed Bell to be held by the hand and walked to every class. Life doesn’t hold you hand. The system takes away the ability to mature when coddling