Character Analysis: The Smartest Kids In The World

Many people view the American education system as mediocre, or not good enough, and Amanda Ripley is no different. While reading The Smartest Kids in the World, I encountered a passage by her that stated that by allowing less distinguished schools to train teachers, Korean teachers became less prestigious and less effective. She then quoted, and agreed with a Korean policymaker who stated that “The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers”. During my sophomore year in highschool, I couldn’t have agreed more with this statement.
Now an important fact about me, I was a student athlete. I played soccer and hockey through September to March, and it was because of these sports, I had to frequently miss classes for games about two to three times a month. These absences were a part of the problem, but not so much that requires anything other than a passing note.
The first day of school rolled by without …show more content…
Whenever the subject of gym was brought up, he was mentioned by an enthusiastic student exclaiming that he was the best gym teacher they ever had. He wasn’t just a teacher, but a highlight of so many kids’ childhoods. I remember how each day we did something creative and new. He hooked us with ten different ways to play dodgeball, jump roping with one, two, or three ropes, and juggling. He went out of the way to make exercising fun, and that made all the difference in his class. He impacted many people 's lives, mine included. If he had just made us play dodgeball everyday, I wouldn’t be so much into working out and staying healthy presently. I would have looked at exorcising as being boring, and repetitive, but instead I have wonderful memories of learning how to jump rope, and play badminton. Other people and I look at gym positively because he worked so hard to keep us engaged and happy. My biology teacher was no different, but she had her own