Schools are similar to jobs. The boss expects the employees to remain on task and finish their work sufficiently while students are expected to work hard and also complete their work with effort. If schools really want students to succeed, shouldn’t they be paid? Schools want the students to be diligent to learn the criteria. By paying students with money, schools can encourage good behavior. If schools want students to be motivated and learn the curriculum, then they should pay students for their
“Graduation,” by Maya Angelou, is an essay written about her eighth grade graduation experience. She shifts her tone originally from anticipation, later to cynicism, and finally moves on to maturation. Angelou juxtaposes multiple matters, alludes to notable individuals, and questions authorities to share her realization with the general public as well as encourage other negroes to be proud of their race. Angelou juxtaposes macrocosm to microcosm. Rather than whining about the fact that the Central
“ Why do we have to go to school,” this is the same question that I asked my parent very often. The one and only answer that they always gave me were, “ Because it’s your job.” Therefore, if that’s true, shouldn’t students be paid for doing their job? If schools truly want students to be motivated to do well in school, then the schools should be willing to pay the student for their excellent work. Why should students get paid for their superb grade? There are many positive effects of paying students
Amanda Ripley argues in her essay, “The Case Against High School Sports,” that allowing sports in high schools is the reason students in America are scoring far lower on standardized tests than students in other countries (Para. 4). In her analysis, Ripley covers both the causes and effects of this problem, arguing that America should take sports out of high schools in order to score at the same level as the academically top-ranked countries (Para. 39). Ripley’s argument, while compelling, has many
would graduate and go on to the career that they want no matter of race or gender. Not everyone graduates but does one race graduate college more than others? This essay will cover the graduation rates of the Caucasian, African American, and Asian races. First, the graduation rates of African Americans in college and from what type of schools they graduate from. African Americans graduate college at a lower rate than Caucasians and Asians. African Americans have a 45 percent completion rate in a private
involve going to college. In the essay “Should everyone go to College”, the author’s Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill argue that a person should not go to college for many different reasons. The authors are very bias in their opinion about going to college. Being a college student is a choice and one a person should not be taken lightly. When a person graduates from high school that said person can either going into the work force right away or go away to school. There are many reasons why the authors
Graduation is the best day of ever young kids’ life, it’s almost as important as learning to read and write. But in reference to both being very important, racism and segregation have played the biggest factor of them all in both “Graduation” and “The Library Card.” “Graduation,” by Maya Angelou describes the anger from the racism and pride of graduation day at her segregated school. Similarly, in his article, “The Library Card,” Richard Wright describes his struggle and frustration that he faces
education. Just the idea of that puts a lot of pressure on college students, to think it is the one thing that decide if an individual is going to succeed or fail in life. By that I mean getting rich or not ignoring the things they love to do. In the essay “College Pressures,” William Zinsser claims that the pressure on college students is under four main points: economic, parental, peer, and self-induced pressure. Zinsser states, “Mainly I try to remind them that the road ahead is a long one and that
arrived to Euclid High School in 2012, it was like a completely new world to me. Seeing a vast number of students inside one building, the maturity of all the upperclassmen, and the way people carried themselves. I had quite a few friends, but I tried hard to fit in. Now as a senior, I am almost fully matured and on my own path with my studies and originality. I had to find my sense of originality and stop trying to copy others overtime. In my freshman year of high school in 2012, I was an average
an essay explaining whether you agree with Leon Botstein’s critique of the American high school. The current American educational system is broken and must be rebuilt. Botstein’s evaluation of the American high school is accurate. The typical school environment experienced by students has hurt several classes of students dating back to the 1990s. American high school’s hurt students by having these groups within the educational system. Along with this, Botstein argues that the American high school