The modern education system does not prepare students for their future as well as it could. Everyone takes the same classes and they all cover the basic things that are supposed to help students when they enter the next step of their lives. While this system may fit the average student, it does not encompass those who have different interests. The system is basically meant for those who enjoy English, science, and a little bit of history. Those are the basic classes that are offered, but if students are more interested in the arts or music then they are basically out of luck. The K-12 school system, as a whole, does not view art and music as a necessary part of education and therefore not a part of their students’ future lives. Tests are all that matter to most school districts, all they want is to be better than every other school in the area. All year students learn something in a classroom just so that they can take a standardized test to show that they have learned the information in a particular class that the state demands they take. Most of these classes cover topics that do not interest students at all, yet they are required by the state. As a result, students are expected to be similar and enjoy these classes. But, most students could care less about the three to four years of science and English that they are required to take. Not everyone is made to go to college, but that is all the education system has in mind. The system expects everyone to go to college, but those who aren’t planning to go to college are at a loss because they must go and find a job that will not require a lot of what they learned. Some people are not talented in the areas that they must study in order to have an education, so they either fail the class or barely pass. This shows poor judgment on the part of the planners. By not creating a system of schooling for those who have interests that are not the norm the system has failed. The only way to get children educated the way they want to learn is to send them to private school. But, when that happens parents are still paying taxes to the public school that they live closest to. This means that few parents will send their children to a private school that is geared toward what they are interested in because it is just too expensive. Those who finish public school and are preparing to go off into the real world find themselves very much unprepared, because all they learned was book work. They never learned the hard lessons of life and how to deal with the real world. Never having experienced any of the workings of the real world causes these kids to fail at every turn. So, shouldn’t there be a way that they can learn what happens in the real world and how to deal with it in a classroom setting along with all the other courses they are required to take.
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