I agree with Mr. Botstein, high school is way
too far off from the real world. In no other business such as banking,
education (teaching), or office job is there segregation amongst the rate of
age like there is in high school. The closest someone could get to feeling like
an outcast in the real world is if they were poor and living on the curb
because they've thrown their life away. Although there is flaws in his argument
that he thinks should apply to everyone such as graduating at 16 instead of 18
and starting the real world then. Yes, this seems very well thought out but in
reality, no kid is going to want to start life at 16 and get a job unless
they're just extremely motivated to move on in life without college.
What really goes on is this: the majority of high schoolers, even up to senior year is way too immature and relies too much on their parents and they are not able to start at 16 which is roughly junior year for most kids. If his plan was applied and we "rethought" the secondary school situation, completely, there would be flaws in the system because of the left off last two years in high school that most kids use to get credits to so they can graduate on time or they can further their education with AP classes so their application for college will stick out amongst other regular admissions. And if other high school districts are like the Birdville Independent School District and pay for students to take AP tests which could potentially give them college credit and help them to get thousands of dollars worth of college course credits, then those two years make all the more use to students such a myself who would otherwise not be able to pay for those courses other than student loans which is a bad idea in itself.
But I digress, what Mr. Botstein has said about all the "cliques...insiders, and outsiders" is true. This is what high school and previous schools are all made up of, but it's not the student's fault, everyone finds who they want to be around and do what they want to do. The problem is, most American high schoolers do not have the motivation and ambition it takes to get out and become a success in life, it is a rare occurrence to find somebody from beginning of elementary, all the way through college that is completely determined to make a success and do what he or she wants to do. It just does not happen as much as authors like Leon Botstein would like to see. In most cases, Mommy and Daddy are too hooked up and deny their kid nothing in life. One example of this would be "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift", setting: high school. There is a kid with a beat up muscle car and another kid with an expensive Viper that mommy and daddy bought him, oddly enough, they get into an argument and race their two supped up cars and later on they get in trouble. It turns out like this: the rich kid gets a slap on the hand and the poor kid is forced to move to Tokyo with his father or else he'll be tried as an adult in jail. This represents most high school students to have stereotypical groups but that does not completely prove it obsolete. If work is put in to the high environment to put more kids on task, then students would not prove to be as obsolete as they are. Therefore, high school should not entirely be abolished, there should just be more educational effort put to use.
What really goes on is this: the majority of high schoolers, even up to senior year is way too immature and relies too much on their parents and they are not able to start at 16 which is roughly junior year for most kids. If his plan was applied and we "rethought" the secondary school situation, completely, there would be flaws in the system because of the left off last two years in high school that most kids use to get credits to so they can graduate on time or they can further their education with AP classes so their application for college will stick out amongst other regular admissions. And if other high school districts are like the Birdville Independent School District and pay for students to take AP tests which could potentially give them college credit and help them to get thousands of dollars worth of college course credits, then those two years make all the more use to students such a myself who would otherwise not be able to pay for those courses other than student loans which is a bad idea in itself.
But I digress, what Mr. Botstein has said about all the "cliques...insiders, and outsiders" is true. This is what high school and previous schools are all made up of, but it's not the student's fault, everyone finds who they want to be around and do what they want to do. The problem is, most American high schoolers do not have the motivation and ambition it takes to get out and become a success in life, it is a rare occurrence to find somebody from beginning of elementary, all the way through college that is completely determined to make a success and do what he or she wants to do. It just does not happen as much as authors like Leon Botstein would like to see. In most cases, Mommy and Daddy are too hooked up and deny their kid nothing in life. One example of this would be "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift", setting: high school. There is a kid with a beat up muscle car and another kid with an expensive Viper that mommy and daddy bought him, oddly enough, they get into an argument and race their two supped up cars and later on they get in trouble. It turns out like this: the rich kid gets a slap on the hand and the poor kid is forced to move to Tokyo with his father or else he'll be tried as an adult in jail. This represents most high school students to have stereotypical groups but that does not completely prove it obsolete. If work is put in to the high environment to put more kids on task, then students would not prove to be as obsolete as they are. Therefore, high school should not entirely be abolished, there should just be more educational effort put to use.
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