Chapter 2: The Old World of School
We as students are lacking direction in school. There are many skills that are essential for college that no one is taught and that becomes a huge problem during the first semester of college. Some of these skills are: the ability to think critically, read complex material, apply knowledge to new problems, and write well. Having these skills would have really put me in a much better situation starting college and I think if more students had these skills there would be much higher completion rate in colleges.
Wagner then goes on by visiting several different school and sits in the classroom to compare what differences across the US students are seeing. Most of the elementary schools were teaching basic reading and writing skills. Because of the NCLB students are being taught only what is on these tests, it is limiting their learning. Many schools would cut the time of other subjects and material just to focus on the NCLB tests so that the school doesn't receive a "improved progress" in the results. It is very clear that the US school systems are more worried about what the test results will en tale rather than the knowledge and information taught in class.
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