One of the most important things in life is education. While most people assume education has a direct correlation to school, people often learn more things outside of school without realizing it. Learning plays a pivotal role in our lives. Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” The question we should ask ourselves is whether or not our education system in America really succeeds in its purpose. I believe it does not. While it focuses around important subjects we need to learn in our lives, it fails in its purpose to teach students that very information.
Often enough, students fall behind without meaning to because their focus strays from the task at hand. While they may not mean to, the information …show more content…
Most students, albeit some, learn better in circumstances where the teacher understands those students’ strengths and weaknesses more. If a teacher learns a student’s strengths and weaknesses, it could easily help get the information across to that particular student. Everybody has weaknesses in learning certain subjects. In the same matter, everybody has strengths as well. Communication from teacher and student can pinpoint these strengths and weaknesses to help teach students in the best way possible (M. Boynton and C. Boynton). Charles C. Haynes and Marvin W. Berkowitz states, “Reading and math are important, but if we care about our kids (and our future), shouldn 't we be paying more attention to the kinds of human beings who do the math and read the books?” (Haynes and …show more content…
It is, however, something that needs to be done. Instead of continuing to increase the difficulty of our common core classes, we should try to make it where students want to learn it. This can start from something as simple as requiring students to take classes that have to do with arts and music every year. Another thing we can do is put more money into education, which includes raising the salary for teachers who teach their students what they need to learn. Everything starts with simple steps, but it eventually turns into something bigger and better in the
Often enough, students fall behind without meaning to because their focus strays from the task at hand. While they may not mean to, the information …show more content…
Most students, albeit some, learn better in circumstances where the teacher understands those students’ strengths and weaknesses more. If a teacher learns a student’s strengths and weaknesses, it could easily help get the information across to that particular student. Everybody has weaknesses in learning certain subjects. In the same matter, everybody has strengths as well. Communication from teacher and student can pinpoint these strengths and weaknesses to help teach students in the best way possible (M. Boynton and C. Boynton). Charles C. Haynes and Marvin W. Berkowitz states, “Reading and math are important, but if we care about our kids (and our future), shouldn 't we be paying more attention to the kinds of human beings who do the math and read the books?” (Haynes and …show more content…
It is, however, something that needs to be done. Instead of continuing to increase the difficulty of our common core classes, we should try to make it where students want to learn it. This can start from something as simple as requiring students to take classes that have to do with arts and music every year. Another thing we can do is put more money into education, which includes raising the salary for teachers who teach their students what they need to learn. Everything starts with simple steps, but it eventually turns into something bigger and better in the