FREE ESSAY ON EDUCATION TODAY

EDUCATION TODAY

Education Today
Education today isn't quiet what I would like it to be; although it is improving if I was
in power I think I would make a few changes. In high school there are certain classes
that are mandatory for an individual to graduate history, chemistry and biology are a
couple. Now for an individual who knows he or she is going in the computer field for
example these classes are entirely useless. In my career to come as a Network
Administrator I heavily doubt that I will ever need to know when Rome fell or the
structure of an animal cell. That is one thing that bothers me, unneeded classes.
Students will just get bored and learn to hate school more and more. But with college it
is different we are being geared with more useful classes like Public Speaking along with
certain classes that pertain to your choice of field. Although college is a lot of work,
it's getting us ready for the rest of our lives. Also, even though I hate to say it, the
world is coming together a lot more lately to the point where I feel its necessary to
start teaching foreign languages at a younger grade level. I hated learning foreign
languages when I was in junior high and in high school but supposedly they're easier to
learn when you're younger anyway. But the school system is improving, most of the classes
are backing away from the old style of just lecture and memorization and are starting to
move toward more group work and open discussions. This gets the students involved and
more interested in what is going on in the class, instead of sitting and watching the
clock waiting for the heavenly sound of the bell.