North High Students and teachers perspective about school

Why school? Why people should learn? Why do you have to wake up every day in the morning to come to school? When I think about all of these questions, what comes to my mind is that, the society human beings have come to exist in, is will filled with the most complicated stuff that have to be figured out from different angles. The thing we never expected to be complicated is complicated today. In order to decode complicated stuff, we have to have a brain.

School is a place that we go to, to learn for the future. In our generation, the only way we can get into the work force, is to be knowledgeable-like knowing how to read, write, and indeed think critically. The days were even if you didn’t go to school, and you could still find a job, are over for mainly developed countries. Emerging countries are getting there eventually- where they will have to be educated before their needs and wants are being met. The only way a country can stand, is when its citizens are educated, and can make decisions that lead the country in a better path. When asked several students and teachers at North High School, why school? their answers were concurrent.
According to Mr. Simms who teaches English, tells me that school is legitimately important because it the place where students get to learn new things, which obviously can be used when they become adults. One of the things that Simms said was that school is a where struggle is created. What he meant by struggle, is that, school is the place where students get exposed to rigorous material. In some cases, they have difficulties completing those works. However, when they have successfully completed materials, they reach their full potential.

Rosa Grandell, a senior who wants to major in Arts really struck the cord. She said that she comes to school every day because she wants to be educated which obviously would save her a job in the future. When she gets a job in the future, she says that it will enable her to live life to the fullest.

According to another teacher, he said that school is important because its keeps children from the street He later said that school is valued because without it, people lives wouldn’t be better. On the other hand, he said that the world we live in today, the competition is very tight in the workforce. During my interview with him, I spoke to him about globalization, and mentioned about a book called “The World is Flat.” This book detailed that Americans jobs are be outsourced and offshored to other countries for cheaper laborers. Because of offshoring and outsourcing, the competetion in the United States is high. The only way people can get those jobs is to be well rounded and educated.

Shanvontae Jones and Toni Little who are both juniors share the same believe for school: they believe that school is that importance because it the place where people get an education, which will enable them to become successful in the future. Shavontae later went on to jokily say that she comes to school every day to make new friends.

Joe Kranz another junior jokily said that the only reason why he comes to school is that is required. Actually Joes said that he comes to school every day because he wants to have a good job, have a better life, and do what he likes to do like buy new cars, and buy new stuff.

My questions have been answered by North High students and teachers: school is there to prepare us for the future. The only way people can have a wonderful live, is to be educated. It you are not, the dream of living a better life is intangible.