I want to say... I'm firmly and wholly against the No Child Left Behind Act. I plan on proposing my own, the "Dumb Child Left Behind" act, in which focus is removed from Grades, and placed on learning. Those who don't learn, that is, don't try to learn, get dropped, and are told to come back when they really care. Right now, we are being taught. But being taught, and learning is a very different thing. They think if people are enjoying htemselves, they must not be learning. And 'No Child Left Behind' is basicly a law that says there is no time in the schoolday for enjoyment. The government requires this ultra-strict, planned out action for every single class day in every course. But the greatest minds work horribly in that sort of environment. And by making these restrictions on the student even greater and greater, forcing a set curriculum down everyones throats, we are suffocating the seedling of creativity and thought in the Winston Churchhills and Albert Einsteins of our generation. These are the minds that really need to be cultivated. The ones who care about *learning* Hence I propose "Dumb Child Left Behind", a relaxed environment that focuses on the big thinkers and intelligent few, not by cramming more and more information into them at a faster rate, but by tailoring each students learning to the individual, so that they are simultaneously being exposed to a broad variety of studies, but not trapped in a constant feeling of restriction, and even enjoying themselves.
Anyways, done ranting. ^^;;;
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