Dear Mr. President Obama,
I am ecstatic that you have become our next president. I feel that there is much for you to accomplish in your term. Cleaning up the trail of wreckage that that dunce left behind him is no small task. From the deeply disturbing Patriot Act and questionable war in Iraq to attempts to drill for oil in Alaska the last eight years have been a governmental train wreck for the United States of America. There are many things which you need to take care of early in your term, but the thing that I want you to cross off your list first is The No Child Left Behind act because, as selfish as it sounds, it affects my life the most. It is essential that you either abolish or improve The No Child Left Behind act.
I am a sophomore in high school and I have two and a half more years of dealing with this abysmal piece of law. The No Child Left Behind Act focuses entirely too much on standardized testing. Everyone learns and is intelligent in a different way and many students struggle greatly with standardized testing. Because schools are evaluated by their standardized test scores, schools spend countless hours forcing all students to review for tests which are not even a quality measurement of what the student has learned. If scores aren't above a certain score than states loose their funding, than districts loose their funding and than schools loose their funding.
I am a student who is predominantly honors classes so I realize that my gauge of difficulty of tests and of school may be slightly skewed. However, I got five-hundreds or higher on all of my SOL (standards of learning) tests last year and the number of hours which i spent preparing for them last year and I spend preparing for them this year, are ridiculous. I could have been spending this time bettering my knowledge of important matters, like the way the government functions or the intricacies of the situation in the middle east rather than the useless dribble which I am spoon fed about biology.
I feel like the education system in the United States of America is greatly flawed and The No Child Left Behind Act is a big reason for that. Teachers are not given a chance to express their individuality as educators because they have to teach everything exactly by the book and by extension students aren't given the chance to express their individuality and reach their full potential. I think it is a travesty that we could be missing the young man or woman who could eventually find the cure for cancer. I am asking you to please repeal or at least edit The No Child Left Behind Act as soon as you are elected.
Your Faithful Citizen
Maxwell L. Potter
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Letter to Obama
Dear Mr. President Obama,
I am ecstatic that you have become our next president. I feel that there is much for you to accomplish in your term. Cleaning up the trail of wreckage that that dunce left behind him is no small task. From the deeply disturbing Patriot Act and questionable war in Iraq to attempts to drill for oil in Alaska the last eight years have been a governmental train wreck for the United States of America. There are many things which you need to take care of early in your term, but the thing that I want you to cross off your list first is The No Child Left Behind act because, as selfish as it sounds, it affects my life the most.
I am a sophomore in high school and I have two and a half more years of dealing with this abysmal piece of law. The No Child Left Behind Act focuses entirely too much on standardized testing. Everyone learns and is intelligent in a different way and many students struggle greatly with standardized testing. Because schools are evaluated by their standardized test scores, schools spend countless hours forcing all students to review for tests which are not even a quality measurement of what the student has learned. If scores aren't above a certain score than states loose their funding, than districts loose their funding and than schools loose their funding.
I am a student who is predominantly honors classes so I realize that my gauge of difficulty of tests and of school may be slightly skewed. However, I got five-hundreds or higher on all of my SOL (standards of learning) tests last year and the number of hours which i spent preparing for them last year and I spend preparing for them this year are ridiculous. I could have been spending this time bettering my knowledge of important matters like the way the government functions or the intricacies of the situation in the middle east rather than the useless dribble which I am spoon fed about biology.
I feel like the education system in the United States of America is greatly flawed and The No Child Left Behind Act is a big reason for that. Teachers aren't given a chance to express their individuality as educators because they have to teach everything exactly by the book and by extension students aren't given the chance to express their individuality and reach their full potential. I think it is a travesty that we could be missing the young man or woman who could eventually find the cure for cancer. I am asking you to please repeal or at least edit The No Child Left Behind Act as soon as you are elected.
Your Faithful Citizen
Maxwell L. Potter
I am ecstatic that you have become our next president. I feel that there is much for you to accomplish in your term. Cleaning up the trail of wreckage that that dunce left behind him is no small task. From the deeply disturbing Patriot Act and questionable war in Iraq to attempts to drill for oil in Alaska the last eight years have been a governmental train wreck for the United States of America. There are many things which you need to take care of early in your term, but the thing that I want you to cross off your list first is The No Child Left Behind act because, as selfish as it sounds, it affects my life the most.
I am a sophomore in high school and I have two and a half more years of dealing with this abysmal piece of law. The No Child Left Behind Act focuses entirely too much on standardized testing. Everyone learns and is intelligent in a different way and many students struggle greatly with standardized testing. Because schools are evaluated by their standardized test scores, schools spend countless hours forcing all students to review for tests which are not even a quality measurement of what the student has learned. If scores aren't above a certain score than states loose their funding, than districts loose their funding and than schools loose their funding.
I am a student who is predominantly honors classes so I realize that my gauge of difficulty of tests and of school may be slightly skewed. However, I got five-hundreds or higher on all of my SOL (standards of learning) tests last year and the number of hours which i spent preparing for them last year and I spend preparing for them this year are ridiculous. I could have been spending this time bettering my knowledge of important matters like the way the government functions or the intricacies of the situation in the middle east rather than the useless dribble which I am spoon fed about biology.
I feel like the education system in the United States of America is greatly flawed and The No Child Left Behind Act is a big reason for that. Teachers aren't given a chance to express their individuality as educators because they have to teach everything exactly by the book and by extension students aren't given the chance to express their individuality and reach their full potential. I think it is a travesty that we could be missing the young man or woman who could eventually find the cure for cancer. I am asking you to please repeal or at least edit The No Child Left Behind Act as soon as you are elected.
Your Faithful Citizen
Maxwell L. Potter
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