Educational Systems Today “Ugh, my standardized testing starts tomorrow!” “My grades just came in I am so nervous!” “Are you kidding me? This teacher hasn’t responded to my email about the homework yet!” These are just a few of the things said among my peers. Looking around and remembering back when I went to public school, I realize how diverse and controversial our educational system is today. Common stereotypes, and personal experience in past years have affected my views about the educational system in our world today. Common stereotypes form around public school, private school, and homeschool. Majority of the population attend public school. It is seen as a place that gives out homework relentlessly with bad teachers, with a few good. There you can find the cliques—the nerds, the jocks, the cheerleaders, the populars, and so on. Private schools have given themselves reputation of uniforms, rich spoiled kids, and smart kids. Homeschoolers are viewed as antisocial geeks who have no life or friends. It disturbs me because these stereotypes may be correct in some cases, but it is wrong in general to classify someone into a specific category just because of what school they go to. …show more content…
During that time I did not think much of it, it was school and everyone went. In school, we took standardized tests every year, we faced the teachers who yelled and yelled and those who gave out homework much too easily. The annoying kids continued disrupting class and calling out. It became routine, something that everyone did and just had to be done. Looking back I have learned to analyze what school is for. Why did everyone have to suffer going to school? I came to see that school started as a place for students to love learning and to learn to want to know more and to grow in interest and self-motivation. But now, teachers force work and encourage getting good grades even if they should and will mean nothing in the