Cretive Writing Essy Prompt 9

29. Some people believe that students aren’t learning enough in high school. Should school standards be higher? Explain your answer using specific reasons and examples.
I don’t think that standards should be raised for high school students if they already believe that students don’t learn enough with regular standards. In what sense would it make to raise expectations that they said before couldn’t be met. We shouldn’t fawn over a challenge; instead we should rise above the occasion and get through it. Parents also play a part in this case as well. Their thoughts aren’t exactly diabolical, but they shouldn’t try to force their views on their children, accept them for what they are, and try to help them as best they can. For example (When it is time for us to go to college they want to go to their old college and pledge for their sorority or fraternity since they were a legacy there). I know they want what’s best for us, however their views are superficial.
The only examples I can give you for this situation is to look at television and everyday life. So, students have to face three kinds of standards one is educational standards, the standards of family, friends, and others, and the most important your own standards. We can’t transcend into the abyss and live our lives for other people. That doesn’t mean that we should drop everything and become freeloaders. We shouldn’t be left back over things that we could handle with ease if we just get our priorities in order. As the saying goes “You must sacrifice in order to obtain what you desire in your life.” Good things won’t come from oblivion and from wishing for them as well.
The standards in school already ask a lot of high school students as it is. We have standards for every class (even in P.E) and we have standards for our overall behavior. Are these standards for the students or to show how excellent the school is that serves these standards? We try to perform these standards to show that schools can provide the proper teachings for us don’t we not or is it a mixture of that and our own benefit? Will we even use all of the standards that were taught to us in real life anyway? For example (If I want to be a therapist do I need to know the insides of shapes and figures? It would work for me if I want to be an architect or mathematician, but some things aren’t meant for everyone.
The only way I could agree with the idea to raise standards is the idea that people faced with an extreme challenge can adapt to it in time. An example would be someone with no experience going into a sport and conditioning for it. Fortunately, you don’t have to be involved with a sport to know that if something is hard adapt to it and press on. No matter how much pride you have you can always ask someone for help because believe it or not people will be there for you if you have enough faith. So, standards and expectations shouldn’t be raised if we can’t do something, but our work ethic should.