Hw#44 Big Expectations For School

After watching the Obama speech i thought that it was really good and thought he had very interesting points. I liked how in this speech he talked about how your not going to succeed the first time you try something and you have to keep trying as he referred to Michael Jordan and J.K Rowling. I like how he didn't sugar code anything and put it all out there because its true what he is saying. On the other hand, i feel that when he says its the students responsibitly to fullfill their responbitlites its easy said than done. There are kids out there who struggle everyday and aren't able to balance school compared to workign or taking care of their family for finanical reasons etc. How is that kid going to succeed compared to another kid not dealing with these issues.

Reading the article on "Where the Bar Ought to Be" i thought that Bob had a good point at the end stating that maybe the bar is a high coming from a tough surburban neighborhood. It kind of goes back to what Obama said both articles relate. So far from what i read school is primarily to get to the top and get the highest education. Also learning the impossible and having high standards which i believe is kind of hard. I think that in general we should work our way to the top at a good pace instead of shooting to the top. At the same time i think that its good that the schools are like this because it opens up the children's brain and make them comfortable not just like you have to do "this this and that".

After reading this article i agree that we just to school just to be "good employers". Like they said "Go to school and get good grades, so you can get a good high-paying job." In simpler terms that means, "Go to school to become a good employee." But there are too many employees, which is why we have an unemployment problem. Today, kids just out of school aren't finding jobs. At the same time, many of their parents are going back to school for retraining. But they're not finding jobs, either" its true and i think that it would b a good idea if we did have two systems.