American Educational Systems and Schools We have to change some things!

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES HERE PEOPLE

BY: CHLOE J. RICCARDO

American Educational Systems I was discussing this topic with some special close family members about recently on a trip to one of my old hometowns. The topic of education it kept being raised a lot during a discussion and it made me realize how sometimes even though going to school is so wonderful and great. We often get caught up in other things and forget about some of the problems going on in other areas of our educational system. I have forgotten that yes spending most of my time in a parochial or private school environment it was about discipline, action, and also learning as much as possible to benefit your education and put it to use. I often forget the other school systems out there in different states across the country too. The public school system how it affects so many parents, children, and the educational system. When your child is in school and they have to deal with many problems that come up and face while they are attending their classes. There's a lot to deal with in the whole educational system and school itself....There needs to be things that have to be stressed, changed, and fixed because there are some problems that need to be resolved too.

1. SAFETY- Your child feeling safe is the most important thing for a person to feel while attending school. They need a sense of feeling secure because they want to feel comfortable in the school with the interaction between friends, classmates, teachers, and the faculty. From the moment they walk inside those doors until they leave the building. Safety is crucial.

2.THE CLASSROOM-Interaction and behavior in class. From preschoolers, grade school, middle school, and of course high school children. Communication is so important for the students, teachers, and as well as their parents. If you are not involved in your children's schooling and what they learn. You will never fully know or be aware of what your child is learning at all. The classroom is important because teachers, parents, and students need that interaction to discuss the child's abilities, their strengths, their weaknesses, and how they match up with some of the most successful students in the classroom as well. As well as the students who are struggling. The classroom from when you enter and you leave is the place of you learning. It is crucial for parents to make sure their child eats, sleeps, learns, studies, and communicates to get what they need. These tools are important....they are overlooked and that is sad at times. They should not be because they are necessary for their young children because when they become adults that will affect them when the time comes and they have to get a job.

3. THE HOME- What you learn at home...is what you will learn and use in school as well. The home is where everything starts. Parents forget your behavior is emulated by your children. The example you set for them communication, interaction, respect, discipline, and all the tools they need to carry on into the classroom. Parents have to set the ground rules for that immediately before their child enters the public or private school system. They need to have communication about everything.

4. ACTIVITIES- What your child does in school is going to prepare them for the rest of their lives and I believe 100 percent that without some of the activities I was enthralled into and became apart of or even I spent time doing in the past I know in my heart it is valuable for other children as well. They need it because what they learn in extracurricular activities is what will carry on in the future. Team work, Leadership, Creativity, and social skills. All that is essential for every single child and what they need.

5. SOCIETY- How your child acts, behaves, speaks, and what they say in society...it is important to be aware of it because that is exactly how they will act and behave at home and in the school. I believe parents have to remember they are adults....you are raising this person. If you don't show them they have to respect their elders, respect authority figures in society. Your child is going to have a lack of respect completely towards everyone in the community.

6. GOOD STUDY HABITS- I say this I learned this from my mother....I didn't develop this until probably high school or college. I learned over time....but they didn't become strong for me until I realized the importance of using a library is essential. They were built for a reason. People don't see how many resources we have along with the internet. You have a library, you have people around you, and you have to learn how to memorize, study, and think because it is crucial. People think it's simple to just get a job....no it's not. Not if you are illiterate or you cannot do basic math. Or you

7. CONFIDENCE--Yes confidence is crucial....when a child doesn't have that confidence in the classroom to speak infront of other children, teens around other teens...it will affect them in the future as well. I learned this over the years...if you don't develop a relationship with your teachers or professors. You won't be able to be successful or get what you need from them. What is that for you to learn as much as possible. Also to grow and just feel free to speak up and speak your mind in the classroom. Good debates should be developed in class. It shows who's paying attention and who also is doing their homework as well. Confidence should be developed from the teachers. Not just them learning their subjects but also giving them a gift that can carry them a long way into the future.

8. HEALTHY GOOD EATING HABITS-No junk food I say!!! lol...just kidding I don't want to deprive children from eating sweets or chips let's say....but eating healthy food is a necessary thing because your children will be able to focus, eat, and they are wired and ready to learn the new topics that will be taught for the lesson in school. Healthy good eating habits...fruits, vegetables, get creative recipes if young children don't like the taste. Oatmeal bars, crackers, peanut butter and jelly, fruit juices, limitations to soda. All of that is crucial for children to have good eating habits.

9. EXERCISE- Exercise that muscle! The mind "the brain", your body, and your spirit.....Exercise is so necessary and it is important that schools start stressing that in all the educational systems...Private and Public. It is a must....you have to exercise with your children (students) I mean. At home and in school is important it keeps them alert, awake, and eager to learn even more.

10. COUNSELING-For children will special needs mental, psychological, educational disabilities, special disabilities. Counseling should be crucial for your children. I am fortunate some of my schools had counseling programs for us and that helped a lot. We were able to develop ways to grow and manage our problems as well.

All these tools are what are important for a child to develop in the future for the American Educational System because they need this in order to succeed. It is a system. There are different levels of the system that children need to grow. It is part government, part community, part societal factors as well. All that is needed for children because without it they will not be able to become the intelligent, successful, well rounded people they need to be. When I hear people say oh why did this happen, why is he/she failing, where is the motivation, why aren't they doing better. Or it becomes a racial issue, a societal issue. No it really is just a people issue too. It's about teachers wanting and having a passion to see their children succeed. We are losing that a lot. Some teachers lack the spirit....and forget a child needs a teacher who is willing to learn and grow. American Educational Systems have to enstall that.