Slade+LeBlanc’s+OpEd+Article

The Education System

Being raised in the first world America, my peers and I have quickly realized that school is horrible. First off, why so early? Isn’t it a proven fact that teenagers function more easily with late nights and mornings? Not just nights. Second, what is the need for homework if I am at school for eight hours of my day already? Seriously why would I even leave school if I am just going to go home and work, taking small breaks to eat, and then continuing to work until I sleep? Because school is utter agony. Mr. Geib has been talking about cheating a lot recently. I believe most teenagers and even adult college students cheat is for one simple reason; it’s really easy to pass up an opportunity to do work (that you really don’t want to do) for a person (that you probably don’t like) and for a reason (college/ career opportunities) that may in fact not even come true. That’s how I see cheating. But honor is everything right? Well to learn information that will most likely be forgotten a year from now, I’ll humbly take the honor of not doing the work. Most of all, I hate the curriculum. Spreading out so many subjects throughout the day makes me feel constantly drained. To be honest I would feel a lot more comfortable going to school every day during the later morning or afternoon, and focusing on one subject for the entire day, no more than 3-5 hours at a time, but a nice lengthily learning period. Then let that information sit for the day, and begin on a new subject the next. My least favorite part about school is the fact that I learn so much information daily; but since I’m constantly changing subjects I find myself year after year forgetting the information. Maybe I’m just young and forgetful; and it’s not the curriculum. I mean the teachers are great; maybe it’s just the subjects they teach. I find myself learning a ton in AMEX; but we still have tedious work that I don’t know will help me learn the information necessary to graduate. Once I graduate, am I going to be able to use this information to survive in the real world? I think Drake, a famous rapper, sums up this dilemma perfectly in some of his lyrics “Turning papers in won’t get me paid.”