Step One: Choose an outcome
I hope that once this project is finished, I can reach out to those with more political and economical power and make them understand how important it is to have students all over have the same, quality education.
Step Two: Create a Bubble Map of Cause and Effect
Step 3: Be Realistic-Make Tangible Steps-Know that Your Work is Important
A small group of students could teach the community about exactly how education is regulated. Many people do not understand that education is regulated by the local government. The federal government does not have a lot of say in how education is lawfully handed except in the case of compulsory education. In terms of compulsory education, the federal government only has the say in teaching the history of America and the Pledge of Allegiance. If more people were aware of how their government works, then true change can happen and people power can finally come to terms with money and political power.
Why ask "why" in an educational issue:
In the educational context, there are many reasons to ask "why". When one learns of a new subject, curiosity gets the best of people and makes them question what is important of a subject and the reasons as to how a person can put the subject to connect to their daily lives.
However, my focus is the question why there are differences in the way people are educated. In a suburban school, students learn at a quicker pace and they are able to get through lesson plans that will ultimately help them in the future. In city schools, students can hardly get through the lessons necessary to be taught in one sitting and more homework is assigned because teachers want their students to be able to compete in the job world with students from suburban schools, private schools, the charter schools and home-schoolers. Once a person can understand that there are certain differences in education amongst these students, better laws and regulations, teachers, and schools can be created to help bring everyone to the same level.
In city schools, the students face environmental struggles- such as the struggle to help family with children, maintain a job part-time, and gang violence. These things can help bring a student to become less likely to graduate, succeed in classes, and overall, go to school because of the added pressures. The laws and regulations already implemented in schools do not take in to account that times have changed and students are expected to learn at a standard set a long time ago. The rules implemented are not specific as to look at people's environment, ethnicity, or gender but are more focused on a general audience. Times have changed! There are more things to look at in 2012. But instead of being completely concerned about the "future leaders" of the United States, America is focused more on the types of weapons it can make, the types of drama it can create, and this overall belief that America has to beat every other group to be the Alpha. Yet, I ask, "why, if we want to prove we are the best, can we not begin where it really matters, in the classroom?" Think about it, by teaching all kids that there are social hierarchies, and there are certain human rights that all by themselves are "unalienable", we can create even better "well-rounded citizens" to lead the world. What we have taught our students so far, is that America is supposedly "great" and cannot be beaten. However, instead of asking "why?", students are given tests to keep their minds from finding out the truth and really understanding what is going on in the world. It is my challenge to have people ask "why" when it comes to their personal educations.
However, my focus is the question why there are differences in the way people are educated. In a suburban school, students learn at a quicker pace and they are able to get through lesson plans that will ultimately help them in the future. In city schools, students can hardly get through the lessons necessary to be taught in one sitting and more homework is assigned because teachers want their students to be able to compete in the job world with students from suburban schools, private schools, the charter schools and home-schoolers. Once a person can understand that there are certain differences in education amongst these students, better laws and regulations, teachers, and schools can be created to help bring everyone to the same level.
In city schools, the students face environmental struggles- such as the struggle to help family with children, maintain a job part-time, and gang violence. These things can help bring a student to become less likely to graduate, succeed in classes, and overall, go to school because of the added pressures. The laws and regulations already implemented in schools do not take in to account that times have changed and students are expected to learn at a standard set a long time ago. The rules implemented are not specific as to look at people's environment, ethnicity, or gender but are more focused on a general audience. Times have changed! There are more things to look at in 2012. But instead of being completely concerned about the "future leaders" of the United States, America is focused more on the types of weapons it can make, the types of drama it can create, and this overall belief that America has to beat every other group to be the Alpha. Yet, I ask, "why, if we want to prove we are the best, can we not begin where it really matters, in the classroom?" Think about it, by teaching all kids that there are social hierarchies, and there are certain human rights that all by themselves are "unalienable", we can create even better "well-rounded citizens" to lead the world. What we have taught our students so far, is that America is supposedly "great" and cannot be beaten. However, instead of asking "why?", students are given tests to keep their minds from finding out the truth and really understanding what is going on in the world. It is my challenge to have people ask "why" when it comes to their personal educations.