I have lived in Lancaster County my entire life, and subsequently, have attended Hempfield schools for my primary and secondary education. Throughout that time, I have encountered a variety of different teachers. Some have been very helpful, kind, and understanding while others are the complete opposite. The older educators, had a much different style of teaching then someone who is in their twenties or thirties. I was an average student that was motivated but, my grades became poor due to my test anxiety. Some teachers were very helpful and tried to aid me while others just emailed my parents and gave up on me. I definitely had my fair share of both types of teachers.
To improve the education system, I would change the way we base knowledge. I believe that the foundation of school, is the definition of knowledge. Public schools use multiple choice questions on standardized tests to determine our worth as students. They use tests and memorization to tell themselves how well they teach. In hindsight, it is not for the students, it is for the administration and state to give themselves a pat on the back. That is what they consider knowledge- memorizing vocab words or equations. I would want to change that. We should base school on things we actually need. I do not think memorizing the quadratic formula is very important to me becoming a well adjusted adult. Classes on personal finance are much more important than a required calculus class. Why not base your grade on you understanding of the content not memorization. That is learning. I memorized all the forms of deductive reasoning for a test a few weeks ago. I do not even remember them anymore and I never really understood them either.
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Hey Ally,
I totally know how you feel! I think to understand material and truly learn it students must understand how to apply the knowledge. I have never enjoyed classes when the goal was to learn vocabulary and regurgitate it onto the exam. However, I have always been great at learning Spanish, especially when I understood the importance of each verb tense and vocabulary term. The educators of today have an important task of stimulating young minds with knowledge to supplement our future endeavors.
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Ally,
I understand where you are coming from about the education system today. I went to an all boys college prep school and all we we did was memorize vocabulary and equations. I thought then that memorization was to help me later in my academic career because my high school has a very high reputation for academics. However, I believe just as much as you the intelligence should not be based on your memorization skills but what actually can help someone in today’s society. I wish my high school had a class that was based on the community and society however all they cared about were SAT scores and GPA.
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