Most people do not consider charter school learning a problem, but that is because they have not had the experiences that I had with the style of education that charter schools pose. I am not saying that I would have rather attended a public school …show more content…
But who is the 'their' whose potential is considered the max? The school decides the potential. These charter schools set a certain potential for their students, and once they max it out, then the individual student will have to wait until the next year just to be able to 'achieve' the little amount of potential that the school has offered. In my case, I had potential in the subject of mathematics. I know because I consistently obtained good grades in my math classes and I had a fondness of the subject. In the eighth grade, even though I was in the highest math class I was allowed to be in, I knew everything that was being taught, thus I got bored during class, and in turn I did not do the best on the tests. This was the evidence that the teachers use against to me as to why I could not go ahead. Then and now I find their reasoning rather ludicrous. I had myself trapped in this perpetual cycle of lack of freedom until I entered high school, at which the possibilities seemed endless. I noticed that unlike charter schools, public schools, however not encouraging for this, allow you to truly max out your own potential with risks calculated by yourself only. However, as I said before, I do not completely disregard the legitimateness as the charter school system, as a lot of my knowledge obtained from kindergarten to eighth grade gave me the