Boring School Bells

http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/02/28/students.survey.reut/index.html

A survey of 81,000 students is 26 states; found that two-thirds of high school students are bored in the classrooms. Shocking numbers if you ask me, but why?

Is it because teachers don’t have the motivation to teach and make their subjects interesting. Are teachers pushed too much on standardized test scores revealing their success and not paid enough?

Or is it because a high school degree won’t get you very far? Cause once you get a high school degree, you need a college degree, and once you get a college degree you need a masters, PHD., or professional school to actually get a good job.

Or is it that teens come from a give it too me now, I deserve it, I don’t have to earn it culture. Why do they have to put effort into something they will be given if they keep their head about water long enough?

I think all of these play a part in the boredom of our teens. School is not seen as a privilege any more. Not by the government and not by it’s people. It is just something to do until the school bells ring and they can get on with their real lives. I heard someone say once that school should be made illegal in order to make kids want to go.

For better or worse that won’t happen, but it is the mentality we as voters and you as students and teachers need to adopt. The world holds so many things to learn and develop if we can step out of our selfishness and value learning.

Take the time to value yourself, value your future to make school an active choice, and an active opportunity to move forward. The way the school system is set up isn’t beneficial to its students, but you can’t make a change if you don’t know how to learn and motivate yourself forward.

Take a step out and make learning fun, interesting, and worth every minute. So that when the school bells ring no one makes a run for the door.