Exploring Education
Although schools in New York State are considered the best in the country to get an education in, there are still things that need to be reformed in these schools. Most students, at some point in their school career don't feel completely satisfied with their education quality and learning experience. In New York, particularly in my hometown high school in Jamestown, students feel that there are too many students in the classes, and not enough hands on work. I know from experience that classes can get extremely boring sometimes if I'm not kept occupied. When students find class boring they fall asleep, act disrupting, or skip the class. There are some reasons that could cause problems like this in the classroom. The high population density in some parts of New York State and undersupply of teachers causes the class sizes to be large. Lack of funding may contribute to lack of hands on experience and field trips for high school level schools and below. This may also cause schools and equipment to be in need of repair. The funding of schools depends, in part, on the value of the property around the school area. The higher the value of property, the more taxes paid by the owner of the property, thus more funding to nearby s
So some areas increase property taxes so that only people with a high wealth can live there. With the more money being brought into the cycle, better equipment and repairs can be made to the school facilities. More money would be given to public schools in a particular area if the property value increases. To me, the first thing that should be changed in the high school educational system is to allow students to show more individuality than previously before. Whether this is by using vulgar language or speaking out against the establishment or taking the unpopular view. I feel that this would encourage more kids to get involved and motivated. If classes were made more interesting then maybe students would be more willing to work hard, and maybe their parents would step in and get them on the right track. We, being college students, can state our opinions and be very creative in our own ways. A town or city can't just kick out the people living in poverty. In the federal budget, I think that less money should be spent on building the military and weapons so that some of that money could go to teacher training and education programs that benefit financially disadvantaged people. Students today are discouraged from stating their opinions and being creative in there own ways. Some students have lack of motivation and laziness, which many are seniors in high school. By no stretch of the imagination can these problems take all of the blame for the lack of performance by the students. Although raising property taxes to drive out the poor would make nice rich schools for those financially well off, one must not forget that those poor, underprivileged people, are entitled to the same education as the wealthier.
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