American Education Reform Research Paper

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Paper 1 American Education Reform A common thread in everythe average Aamerican child’s life is waking up too early for their liking and going to school, still partially asleep. Most students can agree that school takes up a majority of their life and time. Spending hours and hours just to perfect that diorama or staying up late to study. Education is easily one of the most important aspects in a kid's life, but school as a whole wasn’t always this common. Once long ago (or perhaps not that long at all really) school wasn’t as common as it is now. It wasn’t something that all kids could or would collectively complain about, it wasn’t even something that all kids could say they went through. Schools have changed so much over the years,…show more content…
When a student is given a negative response to something, instead of being helped or understood, the student in return will be conditioned to think whatever schools taught them. This will cause stress for student because, like previously mentioned, humans have a natural reaction to fear which is fight-or-flight and in order to protect themselves, students choose flight, in order to keep the serotonin in their brains at a high level, they choose flight. The concept of procrastination is found upon this same principle, negative reaction is equivalent to negative response so to avoid that, they don’t do it at all because they are feeling that the other option would be far worse. This is why homework can be such a daunting task. Homework is proven to helpful and it can be conditioned to be that way too, however when a negative response is going to be given if they cannot reach a certain standard, they’d rather not do it at all. After years and years of this concept, it can lead to things like stimulus generalization. Anything similar to the previous statement will trigger something in them causing them wanting to…show more content…
The key is in feedback and self-expression and space. The most important thing for a child to have is a space in which they can develop their own mindset and opinions and thoughts, while also establishing good habits and having kids develop these habits early on. Ideally, I think we should look at who is doing better and how. Finland is a great example, with not only the happiest students but the highest graduation rates, they focus on the mind. Finland is incredibly creative and focuses on self-expression, which is crucial in developing skills in real life as well. Whether it be romantic relationships or business deals, understanding what you feel is a key to maintaining a healthy mind and because biology and psychology go together, the healthier a mind, the healthier a body. Finland also encourage their students to live like a kid and play outside. Not only that but they also work to help students learn instead of evaluating them to a point where they are stressed about
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