I disagree with Leon Botstein's essay "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood". Botstein argues that teenagers have matured much more quickly over the past few years. Therefore, he believes high school be abolished and a child's education should begin earlier in order for students to graduate around the age of sixteen rather than eighteen. High school is intended for students of a certain maturity level. But now, students are exceeding that level rapidly. Botstein sees high school as a place full of superficial, adolescent teenagers that care more about appearances, popularity, cliques and sports than education. Because they have reached a high maturity level at such a young age already, there are many students that are wasting their junior and senior years away in high school rather than starting college. I disagree with Botstein however. High school is a transition period for students to learn how to take on more responsibilities. It is the time for teenagers to become more social and independent. While I do agree with Botstein on his point of maturity levels growing faster, I don't agree that students should be graduating earlier than they currently are. Not all students are capable of the same things. Most high school students are not prepared to enter into adulthood just yet. They still need someone to guide them along a path until they've graduated. Age restrictions are applied to the youth community for a reason. The majority of teenagers are not ready to handle the responsibilities that come their way. The legal age for drinking is 21 because of safety concerns as well as the responsibility that comes with the consumption of alcohol. Fortunately for Texas, teenagers are able to obtain their drivers license at the age of sixteen, but other states, like California, have citizens wait until they are eighteen to obtain their license with the same privileges as a sixteen year old from Texas. Responsibilities are tough to handle, even for an adult. So why have the same…
Adults that what to continue their education are motivated to learn in order to fulfil their needs and to obtain a degree for work.…
High school classes should begin later in the day and end later in the day to accommodate students' natural sleep clocks, this would get them on a schedule and would also allow them to stay energized through they whole day. Schools should end later in the day so that when students get home, they won't have time to take a nap, which tend to make people stay up later then they need to. Teenagers need lots of sleep and by beginning and ending the classes later would make that a lot easier! If schools were to open up later in the day then students would pay more attention in their classes; They would be more alert and awake. Beginning schools later in the day would have a positive effect on everyone including the teachers and administration,…
Have you ever wondered why teachers take a whole month to review everything from the previous year or why students tend to forget everything? Every year, students are keeping their calendars at hand and counting down the days until summer vacation. It’s the last day of school and when the final bell rings, kids are ready to do nothing for three months. However, is this really a good thing? The possibility of having year-round schools is at hot debate topic right now and it is time for change from traditional calendar schools. Schools should incorporate a system where schooling is year-round instead of having a long summer break because this allows for more learning and would prevent the problem of students forgetting everything they’ve learned the previous year.…
From September 2013, children will have a legal obligation to stay in further education until the…
should kids be allowed under the age of 18 at the mall after 8:00 ? i agree with this because what should a kid be doing at a public place alone that late at night. kids be thinking they own there selves in this generation of ours. i believe at that time of the day it can be dangerous for some kids because studies has shown that most things happen at night.…
High school should remain four years. One of the reasons is that students will loose interest in the education if there is a fifth year. By the time students become seniors, they have already lost some interest and are excited to be able to graduate. If a fifth year is added students may drop out of school and only work through the normal four years.…
Earning a trophy for just participating? Sound familiar. Have you ever gotten a trophy on some team and the kind that just played in the sand get the same one.…
American students should attend school year round because it has many benefits to the students.…
In July 2008 Mr. John McCardell (Founder, Amethyst Initiative; Former President, Middlebury College) formed the Amethyst Initiative, which states, the drinking age in Maryland should be lowered on the premises of college campuses. A majority of major league college presidents concur with this, because they too believe the drinking age should be reduced, spending thousands of dollars per year to regulate students and ensure the underage students aren’t drinking. Because so much money is put towards patrolling the drinking, it is taken from the money that could’ve been used for educational purposes.…
Students should stay in school until they're 18 because they will get a higher education. According to the newspaper article, the National Education weekly, President Pushes States to Raise Dropout Age, New Hampshire graduation rates increase as age requirements…
John F. Kennedy once said, “A child miseducated is a child lost.” This quote is very powerful to the point you might have to debate how important education is. Saying that if a child that isn’t educated correctly means the child is lost is a pretty big phrase. Everyone in the US is required to go to school until they turn 16 and then they can drop out, but is dropping out the best idea considering the low income the student would get? Even if student get a high school degree, is college that bad to where you can’t go even though the benefits are thousands of more dollars, more job opportunities, and also helping the country’s economy. There are many reasons why everyone should go to college or at least not totally push the thought of going out of your mind such as, a better chance at getting employed, getting a higher salary, and affecting the country for the better.…
School is an important aspect for certain ages. In my opinion only certain ages should have to go to school. Those ages are 6 to seventeen. I feel like at the age of seventeen you should be able to make your own choices and know right from wrong. One thing that I think should…
The definition of a student is an individual who works hard and encourages himself and other people to think about bigger goals, ideas, and experiences that will influence them to finish any task at any school or University. Although, what matters the most is the way a student is committed to complete his mission of being a successful in the world of education. I believe the only duty of a young teenager or adult is to attend school because there is no such thing in the world that will help you more than school, I can relate to this from my personal life because I have seen a lot of my friends succeed from College and moving on to the professional work field. A real student feels like their only job and concern is to attend school and make sure they are learning the material they need to master in order to move on to the next level. I also believe a student is willing to sacrifice his/her own free time in order to finish school work, for example, as an adult nobody is forcing you go to school, it is your choice to get an education and by doing that it shows commitment to your future.…
Imagine someone being 17 years old with a few months left until high school graduation and on their own with the future to think about; that person was me. I decided that I was going to wait a couple of years before I went back to school and I really wish that I wouldn’t have. If I wouldn’t have waited, I would already be done with my degree and making good money. Students should attend college immediately after high school to better their education, achieve independence, and earn higher wages.…