Many things were mentioned during the discussion on Wednesday and the one thing that most, if not all, of us agreed upon was the need to get rid of tenure. I strongly stand by this because I really do not understand why we need tenure. I think that if a teacher really loves what he/ she does then there would be no need to solidify the job. If a teacher does a horrible job at what he/ she has gone to school to do then he/ she is obviously in the wrong field of work and should be fired. I brought up the idea of merit pay and how I thought it was a good idea until someone disagreed with me. She said that a teacher shouldn't have to be rewarded for doing their job and I honestly agreed with this.
Another thing we discussed was how students should be given more freedom, such as having a bigger variety of classes and different times to take the classes, kind of like college. I think that if we were given these freedoms it would either be a hit or miss. I personally would use this to my advantage and take a variety of courses in the day time to help me find what I want to do with my life. But on the other hand, there would be the students who would take easy courses and would completely mess it up for everyone else.
One topic that we didn't get to touch on was No Child Left Behind. I really did want to get to the topic, but we ran out of time. I feel that NCLB should be abolished. It does no good and I find it pointless. Why should a student be able to slide through grades 1-11 and do nothing, then during their senior year they have to make everything up. Its not fair for the students who actually try and also isn't fair for the students that are just being bumped up to the next grade. They shouldn't be made to think that they can get through life doing the bare minimum. The sad part is that becomes the harsh reality when they are sitting in the bleachers watching their friends graduate.
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