Fixing DC schools?????!!?
After watching Waiting For "Superman" and paying attention to test scores and statistics
having to do with education, I suddenly want to be involved and I want to make a difference. I used to want to be a doctor, but now I want to be a teacher and try to work my way up to a school district chancellor. Whenever I tell people this, they say it's impossible. When I told my dad, he said there was really not much hope and that it's very unlikely that the schools could be fixed. It disappoints me that right in our nation's capital the schools there have the lowest percentage of proficiency in reading and math and perfomance/scores overall. I realize that these students who live in Camden, Bronx, Compton, D.C., etc.. are a part of the USA. They too are the ones that that rank 25th in math and 21st in science along with the rest of the American students. I am always thinking of ways to teach children and ways to make them interactive and enjoy the class. Then when I go and tell people about them, they never take me seriously, they only see me as a 13 year old who just dreams, as if I was a fan girl who thought I would marry Bieber( not that I'd want to anyways, haha, but that's not the point). Perhaps reminding them that they too are a part of something, that they truly matter, that they deserve better; will that motivate them? Will being a part of the picture keep them going? Will reassuring them that they could revolutionize the world or perhaps paint they're own picture give them the desire to learn? Will making connections to teenage things or speaking the language of children and teenagers give them the desire to interact and learn? I was always happy when we got those supply goody bag things in 4th grade and 5th grade. Has receiving the short end of the stick made them feel neglected and less motivated? I really want to help people. I do not care if I'm a doctor or a teacher, I would be happy as long as I helped atleast 1 person. How can we fix this?