Modern Education
"To succeed, students must become thinkers, not just test-takers."
In education today, students are supposed to be good learners and good thinkers, but good grades are still the ticket to getting into a good college with big scholarships. This is a common conversation and frustration among high school students in America, because teachers and our parents care about our learning, but we are forced to care only about our grades and our future.
Kirp, David L. "The Secret to Fixing Bad Schools." New York Times, 9 Feb. 2013,
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/the-secret-to-fixing-bad-schools.html.
Accessed 26 Oct. 2017. Editorial.
In education today, students are supposed to be good learners and good thinkers, but good grades are still the ticket to getting into a good college with big scholarships. This is a common conversation and frustration among high school students in America, because teachers and our parents care about our learning, but we are forced to care only about our grades and our future.
Kirp, David L. "The Secret to Fixing Bad Schools." New York Times, 9 Feb. 2013,
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/the-secret-to-fixing-bad-schools.html.
Accessed 26 Oct. 2017. Editorial.