As someone who has spent over 13 years in the public education system (pre k - 12th grade), I am very interested in the effects that this has had on me. Therefore, I ask this question: What kind of person does the public school system create?
You should consider: 1) The severity of the effect of this system, 2) If it is different from other systems' effects (IE homeschool, private school), and 3) The different ways different kinds of students can be affected. You should NOT talk about how mean or annoying your teachers are unless you think your teachers are a good representation of the average teacher. This is meant to be a discussion about public school in general. This is a fairly important topic, seeing as there are almost 50 million students enrolled in public schools in the U.S.
It's the work ethic that counts. You don't exactly need knowledge to get a good job unless that job requires you to know specific things. The amount of effort you put into something is the most important.
I agree. At my first job (McDonalds... don't ask), most people didn't last more than a week. If these people can't even handle something as chill as Mcdonalds, they will have a hard time getting a higher paying job. Additionally, if you are willing to work hard but don't really know how to do something, you will probably learn from experiance faster than you would in school. There are exceptions to this, especially in specialist fields, but it works as a general rule. The problem is, this isn't taught that much in public schools. In school it is far easier to succeed by cheating or by doing the least amount of work required. For instance, I just finished reading my bio chapter about 10 minutes ago. The test is in a few hours. I might have benefitted from reading it two weeks ago when I should have, but my way is easier. And seeing as either way I get an A, it doesn't matter what I do. This doesn't work in real life. I can't put off filling my gas tank until there is one drop left because I might get stranded on the highway.
