There are many cases where many think that if “x” happens in school then it will have a “y” outcome. For example if the teachers choose to teach a certain curriculum, students will do better in their future; but how can this be determined? What if the individual decides not to stay on task, or learn anything that is being taught to them? What if discipline does not work on them either? Then what happens to their future, will school be the blame for how their future turns out to be in the end? A student’s future is determined by his or her own actions, if they are willing to be good at something then they will be able to do it, whether they have an education or not. That’s how it was in the future but in our society without an education we are screwed.
The society bombards us with messages that make all young individuals to go and do well in school. School is primarily an institution designed for us to do well later on in our life. If we want to succeed in our future, we need to earn a good education so we are able to become what we want to do in our near future. In President Obama’s speech at the start of the new school year in the fall of 2009, he states: “You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can’t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it” (Obama). He also explains how not only will education do well for our own future, it will make the future of our nation good as well.
School is supposed to be a “sanctuary” for young individuals so they can learn and be able to get new knowledge and have deep thoughts. This all has much to do with the teacher and the schools goal for its students. In the clips we have seen so far in class, the teachers arrive on their first day to teach greeted with ill mannered students that have no respect at all for their adult figure. When the teachers gain knowledge on discipline, and learn how to catch all the attention of the young individuals, they all seem to accept the fact about what they are actually in school for. As a teacher and a creator of three charter schools in Harlem, Ms. Kenny states: “If you had an amazing teacher who was talented and passionate and given the freedom and support to teach well,” she said, “that was just 100 times more important than anything else” (Herbert). A teacher plays a big role on how well a student can do well in school, not only does the students have big responsibilities, so does the teacher figure.
There are many roles that are equally played in a student’s life, there is the teacher that teaches passionately and wants to see change for her students and the students that want to do well in their future. This is what the society wants school to be all about, but this isn’t always the turn out. There are many limits to what school can or cannot accomplish, because the student has to be willing to be responsible as well, both roles need to balance out for an accomplishment to be created. The top priorities for schools should be to teach young individuals to be responsible for their own actions that may determine their future, whether they choose to do well or not; they will not be able to blame anyone but themselves when their futures do not turn out to be so well. This should be decided by the government and all the other administrations related to schooling. Schools are expected to teach us to survive on our own in the future, whether it be in our career or in the outside world, we should always be prepared for what we will deal with in our future. This all depends on how the individual perceives it…
Citations:
Obama, Barack. "Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama: Back to School Event." whitehouse. N.p., 8/9/2009. Web. 11 Mar 2010.
Herbert, Bob. "Where the Bar Ought to Be." New York Times(2010): n. pag. Web. 11 Mar 2010.
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