Thursday, September 4, 2014

Education is a Gateway to a Better Future

I'm a sophomore in high school. We spent the first couple days of history class discussing the best ways people learn and how important the quality of your teacher is to your education.
I think a great teacher is one who gets to know students and their habits or ways of learning. He or she needs to be someone I can go to when I have questions or need help on a project. I know we need to learn to be independent, but I think it''s important to have a strong leader who's willing to help you stay on track. When I think of teachers I've had in the past, my favorites stand out to me because they taught in a way I could understand. They were all supportive and open-minded, and were able to help me in a way that I understood better but didn't feel like they had done all of the work for me. This year I hope Ms. Gallagher can support me by being there when I have questions and giving me advice on how to improve my skills.
 The other day we watched a John Green video about his views on public education. He believes we should use our education to accomplish great things. I agree with him because the world is advancing very quickly and our generation needs to keep up and continue the advancements. It's sad when kids don't get the opportunity to go to school or even drop out because they probably have brilliant ideas in their heads but they aren't able to share them with the world. When I think of goals I want to achieve, I think of the SMART goals we made last year in our advisory class for each class and extracurricular activities. I wasn't able to achieve all of my SMART goals last year, so I'm going to carry them into this year. Some of my goals were to be able to write a great lab report and put more effort into literary analysis papers. I also wanted to shorten my mile speed in cross country. I think I'll take baby steps to achieve my goals because I know I can't do it overnight. Getting a B+ instead of a B or shaving 3 seconds off my time would be smaller achievements leading up to my bigger goals that I would be happy about. In the end, it's all about being proud of what I can do instead of stressing over what I can't.

Photo: Education International http://www.ei-ie.org/en/websections/content_detail/6722

Check out the John Green video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x78PnPd-V-A&feature=youtu.be

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