Do you or did you feel challenged enough as a high school student?

Question

Do you feel you were just given A's or did you actually work for them? Do you feel challenged, why or why not?

Answer 1

I'm currently a high school student.

No, I don't feel challenged at all. Public schools in the United States basically teach you how to take standardized tests than to prepare you for a career.

Thanks to the "No Child Left Behind" act, all public schools get their funding (out of 7% of taxes collected every year) from how well the students take tests. We should call it the "No Child can Move Forward" act.

I'm a little depressed. I don't have a teacher who is willing to help me learn beyond the limited government ciriculum.

I am actually learning things on my own like sphere electromagnetism and logarithmic spirals with black hole equations. All I have to do now is master it. Then I will show it.

I hope parents will push harder for better education for their children. Do anything you can to prepare them for the future. Don't count on the government only to supply a worthwhile education!

Answer 2

Our public school system is designed to move people through. It is not designed to teach people. This is why it is so hard to find a good teacher and when you do, he/she is often frustrated like Sisyphus.

Here's a perfect example: One of my friends was second in her class with a weighted GPA of about 4.3. She didn't get above a 2 on any of her AP classes, but did get awarded A's. Yet, she is one of the least smart people I know; both academically and intellectually. She wasn't challenged, but should have been.

And we all know about the lower end. Often times it is a challenge to keep the kids coming to school let alone experiencing any teaching and learning.

Our kids also have shorter days and less of them than most other countries. It is no wonder that America rates near the bottom when compared to other 'developed' countries.

Answer 3

I'm a senior and my high school is generally pretty tough. The teachers are all awesome, and usually pretty funny, but if any teacher just gives away A's they're sure to get fired.

I'm a high-honor role student and in order to get that way I had to give up most of the social life I had, ditch friends that didn't have the same goals in education as I did, and do my absolute best in every class or assignment. But if I had to go back, I don't think I would have done anything differently.

Answer 4

Hi mee too in high school. Dreamt a lot about it. Then on the first day classes started and then the point hit home. We are no longer juniors to be petted and loved and helped by our seniors but we are indeed the seniors who are supposed to help. All the portions....heavy indeed...I feel challenged because of the higher level of my portions of study and all the projects, paper presentations and experiments to be done by us. It was heavy, but now it is light due to my secret. I'll just pass them on to you....Prayer and hardwork!!!

Answer 5

I wasn't challenged in High School, and I actually skipped two grades.

Answer 6

I never did feel challenged in my academic pursuits in high school. I think that actually hindered me once I went to college. I'd never HAD to work hard to succeed academically in HS, so I didn't really know how.

Answer 7

I never felt challenged until I went to college-High school academics were at times boring to me because you couldn't as freely chose your classes as you can in college.

Answer 8

sure I was taking math high above my level, my french was a year ahead, my science was also a year ahead, my parents made sure I was challenged, next to these I took some easy things like art and engine repair shop to lighten the load

I remember getting A's only in french, and not much more(because I was taking advanced lessons)

Answer 9

well, in 9th grade, i went to one of the worst schools in the county i was in (pg county md). i wasn't challenged b/c i hated school so much i would fake sick, then when my mom wouldn't buy it i skipped almost every other day (at least one class), but still came out with the highest grade in all my classes (except physics). when i moved to one of the best schools (aa county md), i wasn't used to so much work and teachers that took time out to grade, so i only did enough to come out average. i'm in the same school 11th grade year (this year), and with all the experience, i'm definately challenging myself with honors english, honors gov't, honor's spanish 3, honors music theory, algebra 2, chemistry, and general psychology.

Answer 10

Well, I don't get straight A's. So yes, I do feel challenged.