Have you ever liked a class because it was different from the rest? Well what if someone voted to try and take away those classes? The thing is there are people right now trying to do that. I think that most teenagers would agree with me that they really like their elective classes because it is different from the classes they were taking in grade school. I think that we should have our elective classes in school.
I remember going to gym and kids would ask questions about their classes. Few asked about the core classes. Most questions about what was happening in their elective class that day. Teenagers need elective classes so that they feel like they are really learning something new from other students. Many take teen living to help them become a parent. Also, teenagers need to get a head start at what may end up being their career.
Many times the teachers in core classes are not very fun. My memories of great teachers involve 2 core teachers and the rest have been all been found in my electives. I really enjoy the way that my band teacher would make us want to play our instruments the best that we could. My Spanish teacher made studying foreign languages a lot of fun. I also remember my math teacher once was a very controlling, strict man that was doing math for the love of it alone, and had little interest in his classes.
I know that you are thinking right now, “Well I have really enjoyed my core classes and the teachers,” or, “My favorite class was always English.” There are many teens however that are no to thrilled to go to a class that is not very fun. In theater you work, work, work and rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, and then you have the privilege to perform in front of the whole school! In Spanish you can learn a foreign language so that you can go to a foreign country for a cruise and not worry about someone who doesn’t understand you. I think that many times a twist in classes can spice up your day and really give you something to look forward to.
I am adamant that we, teenagers, need electives. Many of us are looking ahead to our jobs and many of us can decide by an elective class we took as a freshman. I truly believe that many fellow teens would be devastated if they were to lose there freedom to choose classes, ability to harbor a talent and perform in a school function and their ability to look for a fun teacher.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Pass or Fail
When you get your report card what do you look for? Most people have an average letter they are looking for; A, B, C, Ds and even Fs. If we were to take away our “letter grades” our society would falter: job offers would not include grades and not reflect intelligence: scholarships would only exist for athletes and musicians: and we would not have awards for hard work and perseverance. We need to keep our letter grades for our economy and to improve self esteem.
When you go into a job interview you will be questioned about your Cumulative GPA. If you didn’t have letter grades in your district or school there is no way to determine your GPA. Your employer could be looking for a smart person in one of their departments. How is he/she going to decide who is best for that job if two people both have all passing? If you went to Stanford or Harvard and worked extremely hard to receive the proper education for the job how is your employer going to decide if you really were a smart person by seeing the word passing? There would be no academic scholarships.
When you filled out an application for a scholarship you would not be considered unless you were an athlete or musician. Many reasons we have scholarships would change. You would not need to be a very smart person to play for the basketball team. You didn’t need a 3.5 Cumulative GPA to play in the university/college band. Our society would no longer have people setting goals for college that meet the regular standards. You wouldn’t need to study every night to qualify for a scholarship; your goal would be to play basketball every night. As a whole we would not have awards showing hard work.
My third reason we should have letter grades is that we can improve self esteem. If everyone in America could know exactly how their schooling improved them most people would be very happy. We would have less suicides and cases of medical depression. Instead we would have lots of people who were very happy with what happened. I know that some people would like to have a pass or fail grading system so that they wouldn’t have to work as hard, but then they wouldn’t be able to say that they really worked hard for what they earned.
In conclusion I want to emphasize how important I think letter grades are. We would have a better economy because we would know where you could and could not function properly. We would have a better education system because we would have people who still really tried hard to earn scholarships. Finally, we would have people who were happy with awards they received in high school and college for their dedication. I want you to help me fight for letter grades so that we can measure today and prepare for the future.
When you go into a job interview you will be questioned about your Cumulative GPA. If you didn’t have letter grades in your district or school there is no way to determine your GPA. Your employer could be looking for a smart person in one of their departments. How is he/she going to decide who is best for that job if two people both have all passing? If you went to Stanford or Harvard and worked extremely hard to receive the proper education for the job how is your employer going to decide if you really were a smart person by seeing the word passing? There would be no academic scholarships.
When you filled out an application for a scholarship you would not be considered unless you were an athlete or musician. Many reasons we have scholarships would change. You would not need to be a very smart person to play for the basketball team. You didn’t need a 3.5 Cumulative GPA to play in the university/college band. Our society would no longer have people setting goals for college that meet the regular standards. You wouldn’t need to study every night to qualify for a scholarship; your goal would be to play basketball every night. As a whole we would not have awards showing hard work.
My third reason we should have letter grades is that we can improve self esteem. If everyone in America could know exactly how their schooling improved them most people would be very happy. We would have less suicides and cases of medical depression. Instead we would have lots of people who were very happy with what happened. I know that some people would like to have a pass or fail grading system so that they wouldn’t have to work as hard, but then they wouldn’t be able to say that they really worked hard for what they earned.
In conclusion I want to emphasize how important I think letter grades are. We would have a better economy because we would know where you could and could not function properly. We would have a better education system because we would have people who still really tried hard to earn scholarships. Finally, we would have people who were happy with awards they received in high school and college for their dedication. I want you to help me fight for letter grades so that we can measure today and prepare for the future.
Diploma before Driving?
Have you ever been incredibly busy? What if you had to be somewhere and no one else could get you there? This would present a lot of problems. If we couldn’t drive during high school, then we wouldn’t be able to support our high school at after school events as well. We would not be able to do as many extra curricular activities after school. Lastly, we would have a tough time developing skills that are needed in the work place. We should be able to earn a driver’s license without a high school diploma.
The first reason I feel strongly towards driving in high school is school support. If we can’t make it to the concert or to the game because our parents our busy then it would not be as meaningful to earn a scholarship outside of academics. We wouldn’t need an athletics team because no one would make it to the game. People would argue that we would probably have more time to do homework if we didn’t go to as many games, but I both disagree and agree with that. I think that our ability to manage our time would probably go up. Many adults have to be good at managing time if they want to be successful. I believe that if we’re supporting our school then we probably are involved with it too.
All work and no play will make Jack a dull boy and Jill a dull girl. We need to have fun in high school. Not only by going to the dances, but by being on student government and helping to plan and throw the dance. If we can make it to the game to support your team it would be pointless to find out that there is no team because no one could drive themselves home from practice. It would help our parents out if we were a little more capable of doing things ourselves. We would develop skills that are necessary in the work place if we could make it to parties and dates.
One of the most important issues that we as Americans face right now is the economy. We would have a better economy if we were able to develop the skills necessary in the work place at an early age. If we were able to drive ourselves to a job regularly we would be able to practice skills in the work place. If our parents have a car for us to take, but they can’t take us we would need to be able to ourselves there.
I think that there are many benefits to driving during high school. Not only can we get ourselves places, but we can show support, we can participate in after school activities, and we would be able to develop people skills. I think that we should all fight for this so that we can have a more powerful tomorrow.
The first reason I feel strongly towards driving in high school is school support. If we can’t make it to the concert or to the game because our parents our busy then it would not be as meaningful to earn a scholarship outside of academics. We wouldn’t need an athletics team because no one would make it to the game. People would argue that we would probably have more time to do homework if we didn’t go to as many games, but I both disagree and agree with that. I think that our ability to manage our time would probably go up. Many adults have to be good at managing time if they want to be successful. I believe that if we’re supporting our school then we probably are involved with it too.
All work and no play will make Jack a dull boy and Jill a dull girl. We need to have fun in high school. Not only by going to the dances, but by being on student government and helping to plan and throw the dance. If we can make it to the game to support your team it would be pointless to find out that there is no team because no one could drive themselves home from practice. It would help our parents out if we were a little more capable of doing things ourselves. We would develop skills that are necessary in the work place if we could make it to parties and dates.
One of the most important issues that we as Americans face right now is the economy. We would have a better economy if we were able to develop the skills necessary in the work place at an early age. If we were able to drive ourselves to a job regularly we would be able to practice skills in the work place. If our parents have a car for us to take, but they can’t take us we would need to be able to ourselves there.
I think that there are many benefits to driving during high school. Not only can we get ourselves places, but we can show support, we can participate in after school activities, and we would be able to develop people skills. I think that we should all fight for this so that we can have a more powerful tomorrow.
Air Conditioning in our Schools
26 minutes until class is over. I think that I will go dunk my head in the drinking fountain. Man, it’s hot in here! Ok, back to the test:
A…Russia
B…Antarctica
C…Kenya.
Umm, Antarctica, it seems nice and cold there. Only 24 minutes. Maybe tomorrow I should wear shorts like tom; they don’t look that short.
Kids are distracted from the lesson, test, or assignment by the heat and ways to get rid of it. Many thoughts are elsewhere: the swimming pool: popsicles: etc.: they are thinking what to wear tomorrow and after school, and it’s hard to do well on a test if we aren’t focused in class. We need air conditioning in our schools.
Heat is a very distracting thing. Heat affects everyone’s hygiene and health (both are very important things to teenagers). At the start of the year Mrs. Cobia’s science classes figured out the average temperature for 3 weeks. The average temperature was 82 degrees! An air conditioning company did a study and recorded that, 1“People have been observed to be the most productive at 72°-74°.” It was a tough class to concentrate; that was a problem because it is a core class. Her class was full of groans and complaints. “This room is too hot,” “Can I go get a drink,” and “I don’t feel well.” You were more focused on getting out of her class then you were on the assignment. The only other solution was to turn on a fan, or wear more cool clothes.
When it is hot outside you probably don’t wear an over coat and ski pants. It doesn’t change in the classroom. The easiest thing to do in a hot classroom is wear shorter clothes. When you can’t wear shorter clothes you wear fewer clothes. There is a boundary where you can’t take off any more layers/wear shorter clothes and still be in the dress code. Violating the dress code would not help the focus and concentration in the class. If our focus in school is on our clothes and who’s wearing what, we will not do well on tests.
If we bought air conditioning our district would do better on many national tests. Our results would be out there for all teachers to look. When a good teacher is looking for a place to teach and notices that we are doing well, it will certainly catch their attention. Good teachers would equal good students and that would result in an educated nation; that is a key thing in countries being competitive in the world. It would cost a lot of money, but if we were to get the best insulation and air conditioning it would pay for itself in the end.
In conclusion, I believe that we should have air conditioning. Not only would our health and hygiene improve, but so would our dress code problems. Following the dress code would improve our concentration in schools. The cost would be great but it would be a very good thing for our country. We need air conditioning in our schools in Davis County.
A…Russia
B…Antarctica
C…Kenya.
Umm, Antarctica, it seems nice and cold there. Only 24 minutes. Maybe tomorrow I should wear shorts like tom; they don’t look that short.
Kids are distracted from the lesson, test, or assignment by the heat and ways to get rid of it. Many thoughts are elsewhere: the swimming pool: popsicles: etc.: they are thinking what to wear tomorrow and after school, and it’s hard to do well on a test if we aren’t focused in class. We need air conditioning in our schools.
Heat is a very distracting thing. Heat affects everyone’s hygiene and health (both are very important things to teenagers). At the start of the year Mrs. Cobia’s science classes figured out the average temperature for 3 weeks. The average temperature was 82 degrees! An air conditioning company did a study and recorded that, 1“People have been observed to be the most productive at 72°-74°.” It was a tough class to concentrate; that was a problem because it is a core class. Her class was full of groans and complaints. “This room is too hot,” “Can I go get a drink,” and “I don’t feel well.” You were more focused on getting out of her class then you were on the assignment. The only other solution was to turn on a fan, or wear more cool clothes.
When it is hot outside you probably don’t wear an over coat and ski pants. It doesn’t change in the classroom. The easiest thing to do in a hot classroom is wear shorter clothes. When you can’t wear shorter clothes you wear fewer clothes. There is a boundary where you can’t take off any more layers/wear shorter clothes and still be in the dress code. Violating the dress code would not help the focus and concentration in the class. If our focus in school is on our clothes and who’s wearing what, we will not do well on tests.
If we bought air conditioning our district would do better on many national tests. Our results would be out there for all teachers to look. When a good teacher is looking for a place to teach and notices that we are doing well, it will certainly catch their attention. Good teachers would equal good students and that would result in an educated nation; that is a key thing in countries being competitive in the world. It would cost a lot of money, but if we were to get the best insulation and air conditioning it would pay for itself in the end.
In conclusion, I believe that we should have air conditioning. Not only would our health and hygiene improve, but so would our dress code problems. Following the dress code would improve our concentration in schools. The cost would be great but it would be a very good thing for our country. We need air conditioning in our schools in Davis County.
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