When one requires help during school, often times teachers are asked to provide aid or to clarify the matter at hand. This challenge should be easily resolved because of the vast array of teachers at schools right? No, wrong. The author of “school”, Kyoko Mori, said “I was told to ‘try harder,’ but none of my teachers spent extra time with me to go over what I was doing wrong. Since I wasn’t given a real chance to improve, I decided after a while that I didn’t really care how I did” (Mori 203). The standards that are set for students in our education system can be seen as absurd. How can a teacher expect a student to be successful when they fail to provide sufficient aid? The teaching staff at schools are expected to be very helpful and are should have assisting their students be their first priority. However, many students are still under performing academically.
How could it be possible for students to graduate from a strict boarding school and still end up working at a fast food restaurant? The blame should be put on the education system, not the students. There must be a lack of attention or effort from the teachers and administrators to support the students. Teachers should begin to provide more help to their students, as it is evident that students will benefit from their guidance. Teachers should spend more time to help individuals who are falling behind in class or struggling. If teachers are just going to write “try harder” or “pay better attention” on students papers, they might as well not mark students’ papers at all. These pointless comments only bring the students down and make them feel ashamed of their performance. The education system should emphasize more student and teacher interaction because leaving a student to be independent can set them up for failure.
