Good day, everyone. Having been involved in Education field for the past fifteen years, I have had the opportunity and privilege to teach in a variety of different settings and work with a diverse population and age of students ranging from kindergarten to adults. Most of my teaching instruction has involved work with middle school and high school aged students.
Though I have had many rewarding and fulfilling moments as a teacher, I have often found myself hamstrung and exasperated by the lack of preparation and apathy among the large number of my students particularly those at the middle school and secondary school level. Some of this student disinterest admittedly stems from inherent and social inadequacies in the educational system. For example, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has been lambasted by many educators as a law which forces teachers to instruct students with the sole purpose of passing standardized tests as opposed to developing students’ general knowledge and content areas. In addition, as in any profession, the teaching field is comprised of a number of incompetent and overly complacent people/educators who make no effort to stimulate curiosity and interest among their students.
Nonetheless, from my own experience as an educator, the general disdain of the majority these students stems from mainly the low priority that their respective families and home environments place on education. In addition, a number of social and cultural factors, which many leading educators and reformers fail to mention publicly due to their arguably polarizing nature, which I will outline on this online blog forum. In addition, I will recommend certain actions that can be gradually implemented to offset these disturbing trends in education.
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