Essay 4

I am thinking of talking about education. I'm going to go in the direction of taks testing. Does taks testing take away from the students learning other vital information? I heard that some students stress over these test, and have a hard time passing them. I know the teachers are under a lot of stress as well. Some school have went as far as offering bonus to teacher that are able to have their class successful pass taks testing. I would also like to find out what is the importance of these test, and how it really helps the students. The test would only make sense if it covers everything that student cover thought out the year. I think that the only way this test could be affective is it covers material they learned all year long, and it was done twice a year. The other question in my mind about schools is do we label out students to fast. I know that some student have disabilities but ADD and ADHD, and a few others seem to be quick labels that are used. I feel that if student are misbehaving we need to label them and give them medications. I understand that sometimes it's true and student need medication, but when are we over using it? I know also some parents can push for it as well but we as a school should push unless that is the only option. I know our school have a few different issue that could use some tacking, so my essay will hopefully do just that. I know schools do a lot of good for the student like programs that assist with need families, credit recovery programs and all the sports stuff the kids just enjoy. We will see which direction I take follow all my research on both topics.