Thursday, May 9, 2013

Response to "The Political Hazards of Changing High School Standards"

Many of my peers, myself included, have recently written about the possibility of reducing the requirements to obtain a high school diploma and the possible ramifications. One of my class mates, Andre Silva said, “The amount of dedication you put into anything is what determines your success. I agree, but I still don’t believe that if there is a student that wants to go to college that they shouldn’t have all the resources available to them that they may need to be successful in an institute of higher education. As I stated in my blog, I believe there should be a duel track curriculum that will provide students with the skills they will need for success in their lives. However, if is no possibility of that happening, I don’t feel that they should punish the students that want an education; because of the few that don’t care about their future enough to try. I feel as though I have the right to say, let them drown, because I didn’t care about school when I was that age. It wasn’t till I was older and worked several terrible jobs that I realized how important my education is to my future. So, why make it any harder for the kids that already realize the correlation between education and success?