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your IQ? A study called the Mozart Effect is perhaps the basis of every argument of music’s correlation to intelligence. The study showed that groups that listened to Mozart for ten minutes before a test performed better than the groups who simply sat in silence. This could be due to the fact that music “fires up your emotional, memory, and motor centers.”(Adams) the study was conducted over the span of three days with each day showing better scores than the last. Since the debunking of the…

Standardized testing are words that students do not want to hear. Standardized testing is deeply rooted in the history of the United States. Standardized tests are tools used to measure students’ knowledge and progress. Almost every person that has had an education in the United States has taken a standardized test. Today, standardized testing is a widespread issue in the United States’ public school curriculum. Education has always been an important part of America’s history. Laws about…

High school, it can be a place where bright young minds blossom and where happiness and memories are shared but behind this façade high school isn’t exactly a bed of roses. Students are constantly preparing for standardized testing and once the test comes around more than half the students fail. Is an irrelevant test really a way to get students to move forward in their lives? Leon Botstein, President of Bard College believes that high school should be taken out in all its entirety. Botstein…

On the first day of high school, our teachers sat us down and had us practice the ACT. They wanted to see where we were at academically, and how they would need to get us to improve. From that day on, we would take a practice ACT test twice a month. By the time I took the actually ACT my junior year, I had probably taken the test maybe 30 times. I was so burnt out I just wanted to get it over with. I understand that my school wanted us to take the test so we would be familiarized with it,…

As the juniors get ready to take the dreadful SAT and the seniors fall into a dark hole of where to apply to college, one question comes into mind: Am I “smart” enough to get accepted into a prestigious university? Nowadays, a syndrome of ‘overachievism’ fills the halls of High Schools as students overload their schedules with numerous rigorous classes and get hyperly involved in extracurricular activities. In the Overachievers: the secret life of driven kids by Alexandra Robbins, the…

The current American educational system incorporates a method of evaluation known to every student as the dreaded standardized test. These tests range from state evaluations of grade levels to the ACT and SAT. The purpose of these tests is to fairly evaluate the performance of students and have comparable data. After tests are taken, data is grouped according to states, schools, race, gender, and other categories to compare student’s academic performance. While many claim that standardized…

When it comes to budget cuts in public schools, the arts always seem to be the first to go. Over the past several years, more public schools have been abandoning art programs make way for more curriculum based classes, such as science and math. Even though the arts are not always present on school curriculums, it does not automatically mean they are unimportant. In fact, the arts are proven to increase academic performance, foster valuable life skills other classes cannot, and improve…

The last year of high school had finally come, along with an overwhelming amount of writing. Whether they were personal statements for college applications, SAT prompts, or articles for my school’s yearbook: The more I had to write, the more crisis I ingrained in my mind. I am an opinionated person who is full of opinions, but I just can’t utilize them on my paper! After a long internal debate, I decided to…

from the things she enjoyed most, like her academics or her leadership roles in the community. The speakers at the program told Jozina everything she should do to get ready for college: develop a list of potential colleges and universities, take the SAT or ACT or both, apply to the colleges Early Action or Early Decision, and then make sure you take every scholarship opportunity you can. The list piled up, and Jozina felt buried in worry about everything she had to accomplish in a short amount…

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