Argument Outline

For my argument I am diving into the field of education. I want to argue that our education system needs overhauls specifically in High School education. These changes would be to curriculum and to culture of the learning area. To argue this point of view I’m going to use personal narrative along with some logic.

Intro:

Here I want to start with a story, something that happened to me either in High School or afterwards in college. Thinking back there are several situations that I experienced or saw firsthand that my “education” truly was not the best or it was lacking. I also need to express the main points in the argument in this paragraph.

Body:

Some main points for my argument include issues with curriculum. This I believe is the largest issue with our education. Our course load often has nothing to do with what we need in life or in what we want to do especially in the junior and senior year.

The next topic will focus on the culture that high school creates. As I went through school there was a feeling of stress as well as sheer disinterest in classes. Some classes were so scary and difficult many did not want to take part and some we were forced to do even though we wanted nothing to do with that career field. Other classes were seemed as so trivial and simple that many took them just to blow them off after the start of school. And all this created a culture of doing the bare minimum.

The last topic of my paper will regard education fr our future. As we go through school we learn many things sure, but how much do we eventually use? Our education in this country shouldn’t just be general. Our education here should prepare us for life as an adult. There should be classes on taxes, personal finance, and other important aspects. Our diploma shouldn’t just be in general math science and English but should be one for being a full and educated citizen.

Rebuttals:

I certainly expect some rebuttals and I have prepared to address a few. First being that changing our system would be too difficult. To this I would agree that it would be difficult however this is necessary. The longer we leave things the way they are the worse they will get, making things only harder. The second being that a system like I propose would not work in the United States. I personally believe that ridiculous. Students want change, and no one is going to hold them back from trying to do what they want to do. We simply need to make education more targeted and use it to train the next generation of workers and college students for the different lives ahead of them.