A finger always has to be pointed when something goes wrong. So, who's to blame for the bad grades of students? Actually, just students in the United States. Basically, the other countries are perfects, right. It's only us that need help. Wait...is that true? Can students of different nationalities really be fairly compared to every single student in the US? Yeah...no.
At first glance, "For Once Blame The Students", really pissed me off. How dare they blame everything on the kids? I'm pretty sure that reaction comes just because I am one of those students. After a closer read through, my opinion changed. Not totally, but it did change. If you think about it, not every kid is one of the students called out in the essay. As we kind of talked about in class, students in AP classes are not exactly the kinds of kids that the reading is talking about. Other kids, even some of us, don't try as hard as we could. Actually, I know for sure, that in my American Lit class, I really do not try as hard as possible. If a lot is not expected of us, we aren't going to work as hard. It's simple, really. That is the part I decided I agreed with. But. As I said, I didn't agree with every single part of it. I really think that some of the blame should be put onto the teachers. (If a blame NEEDS to be placed, I guess.) In my experience, if I have a teacher that can't really explain what to do(especially in math or sciency things) or they just aren't excited about what they are teaching, I don't get it. So. Then I stop trying. It doesn't seem worth it. If the teacher is not into the subject, why should I be? I guess, if i need to blame someone, putting it on one group of people doesn't seem right. I'd have to say it'd be on both the students and teachers.
Once we watched "Two Million Minutes", my opinion changed again. Well, not really. I just kind of added to it. Now, I think that family style is to blame also. The kids in India were really influenced by their parents and what they did. They didn't really have a choice of what to be, so they were focused on that because they're parents told them to be. It was basically just what happened, no questions asked. This was also the case in China. But at the end, the only ones that really achieved their goals were the Americans. Hmmmm. Seems a little weird considering the entire movie portrayed the kids from the US as bad. That they didn't really care. But they did. They cared about what they wanted to do. Not what their parents or peers wanted them to do. I guess high school grades can be influenced differently if you are forced into when to and how much to study. If that's the case, you'll get better grades in high school. But what about in the real world. If everyone is like that, who is really going to stand out to get that job.
I've mentioned blame throughout. But if students, teachers, and family are to be blamed, is there really anyone being blamed? Or. Is it even worth blaming everyone?
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