Differences And Differentities Between Elementary And Secondary Schools

Elementary and secondary education are both learning environments with students and faculty of all ages, ethnicities, shapes and sizes. Hallways are filled with students laughing and talking about trending topics, what they’ll be doing later that day and what they plan on eating. The students meet and talk to strangers who soon become their best friends and whom they share their laughs and secrets with. They deal with new subjects that are new to the mind and stress on the hard work it requires. The children grow as students and value the true meaning of an education and what it has to offer. It appears as elementary and secondary schools are the same thing, but they are profoundly different in terms of different teaching styles. The similarities …show more content…
Children learn how to read/write and how to subtract/add. They wonder if they’ll rule their imaginary kingdom, or if they’ll become astronauts and defeat an evil alien who wants to invade planet earth when they become adults. In secondary schools, students learn the quadratic formula, how to write a three-page narrative essay, the periodic table, etc. Elementary students compete to see who can learn their times table faster to gain the most ice cream scoops at the time-table party, whereas high school students focus on a specific class (subject) to get a better meaning of it so when the student goes to college, they have a better sense or idea on what to major in. It’s mandatory for an elementary teacher to teach different subjects such as math, science, English and history every day. Teachers who choose to teach secondary education focus and teach one specific subject that they enjoy/love doing. It’s easier for secondary teachers to grade their students work because they have more background knowledge on the subject which will allow them to grade quicker (on some circumstances), while elementary school teachers feel the need to roll their eyes and inhale deeply when having to grade a new stack of papers on math, after completing the English stack. Grading different stacks of papers can cause a teacher to slack and push back their responsibilities on grading. When doing so, the teacher gets encouraged to work at a pace …show more content…
Elementary students work at a much slower pace since they’re still developing, meaning they’re still putting new material into their heads. They learn how to add and subtract using their fingers, how to read by looking at giant words stamped to the classroom walls and how history has developed through cartoon movies. Secondary education students know basic concepts and it allows for them to learn quicker. It’s required for an elementary teacher to be more hands-on with their students so that the child feels confident when pronouncing a new word or when answering a subtraction question, with that being said, the school year flows at a much slower pace than secondary schools do. Secondary students are a lot more capable of learning on their own. Teenagers know their fundamentals in math, science, reading and writing so when it comes to needing help, the student won’t be as curious as the elementary students are. Technology is advancing around the world day-by-day and it helps us educate our schools in quicker ways. Elementary students stay in one classroom all day and the only useful resource of technology they have is a smart board in the class room. Secondary students have lots of technical resources such as computer labs, libraries and cellular devices. Secondary teachers can take the class to a computer lab and allow the students to do online activities with other students and