Well, I really don’t know where to start on this. I had a really good high school, and my whole public school experience was positive, except for the fact that my first grade teacher blamed me for her bizarre auditory hallucinations and thought that I was cheating by looking at the ceiling while I was taking a test. Yeah, I have a very sour taste in my mouth from her. Aside from that, I didn’t really think too much about school improvement or other issues until now.
There actually is one issue that I have wondered about. I took Spanish in high school, which really placed me at an advantage academically because I first learned Spanish before I was six years old. Anyway, I was fine taking Spanish, but I have wondered sometimes why so many schools, if they have a foreign language program at all, limit it to (usually, at least from my experience): Latin, Spanish, French, and German. I know that my friend’s high school in my same county taught Japanese, and several friends of mine from here in
I was involved in orchestra from 6th on through the end of high school and beyond. I did witness how in some schools that even have orchestra programs, the orchestra is often swept away in lieu of some other event, like a basketball game or something. I say that because of personal experience, actually. I could look at schools that have orchestra programs and examine the test scores in comparison with schools that don’t. I would also have to look at budget, though, to see how much money is devoted to those orchestra programs.
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I like both your topics. They could both work. I agree that we should have more languages and programs taught our public schools, but of course I don't have millions of dollars. I just know that I am at an advantage because of what I participated in, and I wish other kids could have the same opportunities.
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