The public education system across
the country does have strengths and weaknesses, but they are different
depending on what the person thinks. I personally believe that one flaw is that
there are too many people in a classroom per teacher. Students don’t get enough
one on one time with the teacher during class time, and are sometimes too busy
to come before or after school. I think that the student to teacher ratio
should be around 15:1 that way students will have fewer distractions to worry
about. Having a smaller class would allow you to be able to know all your classmates
and teacher better.
Another weakness in the public
education system is that I think there should be quarter test instead of a test
after every unit. This will help the students in the long run because they have
to retain what they learned throughout the quarter and prove they still
remember it on the test. This is what happens in most colleges, they have two
to three test in a semester that pretty much determine their grade in the
class. I think there should be small quizzes for each unit and the teachers
should grade homework so students actually do their homework instead of writing
random stuff on it so they get the completion grade.
One last weakness I think that the
public education system has is that junior and senior year you should be
allowed to choose two or three subjects to focus on and interest you. If you
could choose two subjects to focus on and you already know what type of degree you’re
aiming for in college you can get a head start on it. I believe that the
subjects that kids have no interest for are just a waste of time for them
because they don’t try as hard as they would in a class that they like.
