In addition, students do not learn the same, yet they are being treated like they do. They are put at the same levels, and taught the exact same standards and techniques. Some may find it easy, but others may struggle, yet it isn't up to them what to learn and how to learn it. There also isn't enough teachers to work with each kid individually, and many do not treat the teachers well. Their job is taken for granted.
The government also never asks for the opinions of students and faculty. They implement the Common Core standards, never checking to see how it would work, or how we feel about it. I have no control in my education until college. We have all been thrown into this system where grades matter more that growing and learning, and it has turned education into stress rather than opportunity. The amount of stress and pressure we feel to succeed has taken a toll on the minds and bodies of students, both, emotionally and physically. I know plenty of people who stay up all night to work on homework.
Something that was supposed to be beautiful is now full of numbers, statistics, and impossible standards. They teach us these things, that we will most likely never need to know, and then make us feel horrible about ourselves when we can't understand it. No wonder so many students loose motivation and stop trying.
Instead of teaching us how to pay taxes or bills, or how to make a resume, they tell us that we all need to know the Common Core standard for exponents and the quadratic formula. Then, once we turn eighteen and become adults, they expect us to succeed! That amount of pressure and stress is enough to make some people drop out. It is fine to teach us all these standard, but don't put so much emphasis on it, and give us a well rounded education. More students would pay attention if they knew that they would use this in their everyday lives.
I have been in this system my whole life, just as my fellow students probably have, and I don't feel prepared at all. Despite this, I am expected to thrive in college and get a great SAT score on things that I don't understand. It is a stressful system filled with the fear of failing.
I hope that this years kindergarden class will not have the common core standards. I also hope that people will teach them to love education, and that they will not fear failing and making mistakes. I want them to actually learn useful techniques and feel prepared and confident.
Do you like the common core standards? Do you think that the American Education System has taught you the things you will need to be successful in life?
-Kylie Bronner
In all honesty, I haven't seen any improvements from the common core standards ever since it was introduced to us when we were in elementary-- however, this is a(n incredible) perspective of a student. The common core standards have impacted students negatively because it essentially has the 'one-fit-for-all' deal as we all must learn a specific way instead of being flexible on uncovering solutions. This way of teaching pretty much prohibits any 'thinking-outside-the-box, and it's . . . a pretty dumb rule.
ReplyDeleteEssentially all the American Education System has done is introduce more stress into the lives of students-- what you stated previously in your post-- which is handy for their future educational life such as high school and college, along with establishing the future obstacles where students are unable to think creatively in the environments they'll soon face. Besides that, the American education system holds no other important factors besides shoving subjects into our faces until we pick a subject that we are suppose to determine as the subject we want to study more about as our future career. That kind of system ... needs some repairing.