Education. Speaks of how the American education system needs to be changed

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Education, without it we would all be mindless wonders wandering

around the globe. Education is an important factor in our lives, but the past,

present, and future of education is changing. And change it will until our

education system is the best in the world.

In the past, Education in America was plain and simple. We've all

heard the stories of how our ancestors used to have to walk to school 5

miles in the snow in the heat of summer. These shameless exagerations

were meant for us to think that school back in the 'good ole days' was very

dificult and surpassed the level of difficulty students today have. In reality,

school, although most early schools were combonation classes with a

variety of age groups as students. Almost each individual was given an

equal amount of personal help from the teacher. Also, life wasn't as

complecated as they are now.

One teacher would teach the whole class a

limeted variety of subjects such as arithmatic and english. Education was

just eaiser when it first became popular.

Nowadays, in the present, school not only is a place to learn, it's a

place to stress out. As I walk through the halls all students seem to have that

academic nervousness. If you listen to the conversations that go on in the

hall it's always, 'Ohh my gosh, Becky! I'm going to have a fat cow! I think

I'm getting a B in my chemistry class, and that is going to ruin my record.'

Pressure is constantly put upon students to get 'straight A's' It is very rare

when a student will not shoot for an A on a quiz. It's human nature to

succeed, but with the pressure put on us by the teachers, parents, peers, and

colleges, it's a heavy...