Week Nine Post Two (Correction)

While reading chapter fifteen I found the section on the college-bound to be very interesting. High school is known to force adolescents to think abstractly, hypothetically, logically, personally, emotionally, intuitively and experientially. It’s one of the most emotional times in a teen’s life. A lot of nations are beginning to require higher standards for high school students in order to prepare them for college. Numerous high schools within the nation allow their students to take advanced placement classes in order to prepare for college. If at the end of the course the student passes the exam they will receive credit for college classes.  Another college preparation required in high school is the high-stakes test, which is an evaluation that is critical in determining success or failure of a single test that determines whether a student will graduate. It is said that many people believe that high-stakes tests, raised standards, and rigorous course requirements will improve education. Many will appose that the testing will destroy learning, especially if teachers focus on memorization and ignore analysis and intuition. I was given the opportunity to go to a college prep school, although it was a private catholic school and I was born and raised a public school girl, I am beyond grateful I decided to attend a college prep school. My high school was very strict and enforced studying and a high GPA. I always tell myself choosing that school was the best decision of my life because it really prepared me for college. I wasn’t just goofing off and slacking in school I was raised to do homework, and it was hard. And college is hard, I look at some of the teens that didn’t have the opportunity to attend a college prep school and wonder how they adjusted to college life.