Regarding an article published in Education Week, 5/7/2015, by author Marc Tucker, “Making Graduation Meaningful: A Real Qualification System for U.S. Students”, he states “A qualification system defines key gateways. Tucker believes the American education system has lower education standards and as a result our high schools are graduating lower educated students. As a graduating senior of the class of 2016, I disagree with Tuckers opinion concerning the real qualification system. Every student should be given a second chance to improve themselves, not every student test high on the first time. Students today, have a lot of pressure put upon them to succeed in life; their parents want them to have “better lives” than what they had. Often students are required to work after school, come from broken homes, involved in sports and clubs and do not have the opportunity to have extra to study time or a quiet place to dedicate themselves to school work. Other students benefit from their families social class and money, by attending more affluent school, maybe one their families have gone to for generations.
Tucker also believes the higher educated you are, the more
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In my opinion part of the statement may be correct, depending on the student’s ability and the teacher’s techniques. Not all students learn at the pace or comprehension level and master skills differently. Some teachers use more of a "hands on" technique, while others recite from a book or hand out work sheets otherwise known as busy work. Some teachers favor the faster learners because it takes less time and they do not have to keep explaining the same material repeatedly. It is not always the responsibility of the teacher to make the student successful, they need the learner to be cooperative, listen and show some kind of interest in the subject