For my paper I’m looking into the issue of education,
specifically in High School. Now that I’m in college I often find myself looking
back at my past education. I often think about my times in High School and what
I did there. What I participated in and most importantly what I learned there.
However when I think about the education aspect I find myself thinking about
how often I use it now. This has led me to try and argue the point that our
Education system needs to change. Change into a form where students will learn
specific knowledge relevant to the student’s future.
Education has evolved into a general unloading of knowledge
upon student in the US. Where student are crammed with lots of knowledge
however few will actually use most of it or any of it. Education is very
important and as the US falls even further behind other nations in primary
education now is the time to act, and create a better more organized high
school education for Americans.
To support my arguments I will use a variety of methods however
I believe personal narrative will be my most used. My own personal story I
believe is similar to many other college students in the US where we come here
and realize we know truly nothing. We wasted hours of our time in AP Chem and
Honors Math to never use it again after we graduate High School. I know I can
certainly share some stories regarding this. Along with firsthand accounts of
other countries systems I believe I can formulate an argument that would cause
many to think.
Ultimately this topic is worth talking about. Many may argue
that it will be too hard to change, or that a more European system would never be
accepted here. However I disagree and believe that if we don’t have this
conversation then things may never get better. And if the education system doesn’t
try to learn itself then how can we ever truly learn as students.
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