Reasons To Be Banned In Public School

While being a part of English 12A I have gained the knowledge needed to become a better writer. Throughout this class punctuation, grammar, essay format, and sentence corrections have been covered. Furthermore, Newsela was very helpful and a great way to break down the information given. When the class started out I was struggling with the material. If it wasn’t for this class I would have failed my economics paper as well as many other assignments. While at times I thought this class was a “waste of time” and a “hassle” I'm glad that I had Mr.Smith to keep me in line and further my improvement.
With the many papers we have written about the current issues and events in the world I have grasped a better understanding of what these issues bring to society. Furthermore, “ The ba on Santa Claus” article was the most impactful to me. The fact that a traditional and fictional character is seen as something that should be banned in public schools was quite eye opening. Public school is a way to submerge students in different cultures and traditions if you ban characters that identify a difference in a culture then you are showing students that others traditions are “out of the norm”. Overall, the research papers have broadened my outlook on the issues
When you sit down to write a current issue paper you have to rip the “issues” apart and look at them from different perspectives you gather different thoughts on the issue consequently, this class has taught me how to look at things as others would. When we wrote about the “Obama pardons” I had to think about each pardon and clemency as President Obama was in order to grasp his perspective on the situations. Breaking down the outlook of others is something I never really did before when reading and writing. Furthermore, looking deeply into the thought process of others has been a great tool to gain and has allowed me to broaden my aspect on all