Roger Sipher’s Thoughts on School

Roger Sipher argues his point that school age children and teenagers are not recieveing their proper education. He gives fact on school statistics, demonstraiting the decline in school attendance and in school education itself. He believe that the soulution to this decline in education and attendence is due to the lack of some children wanting to learn. His solution to the problem is to “Abolish compulsory attendance laws, and allow only those who are commited to getting an education to attend.” Roger then concludes that schools have failed in thier purpose of education.

I feel that some of his views may be correct, but not everythign that he says is something to agree to. What he has to realize is the fact that even the brightest students dont always want to come to class or go to schoool. Its in human nature to be lazy, and to have fun. School isn’t exactly fun. The problem isn’t just in the children not wanting to learn, its the educators themselves. In my high school we didn’t learn much. As seniors in high school we were reading books from a 3rd graders level. We took spelling bees and vocabulary quizes. We never learned to write a bibliography, or use correct puncuation, or to write an actual paper.  With Roger’s statments, he has to understand not only about the students but the educators as well. When the educators fail to educate, students fail to learn. That is why there is so much varriation in schools, because some have better educators than others. I agree with alot of what Roger says but yet he doesnt include information nessecary to back up his claims that its the students fault. Its not just their fault, especially when the educational system is as poor as it is today in many schoools.

My thoughts on from the edge

First let me state that i feel sorry for anyone that is in the position that has no money, and nowhere to go or turn to. I feel that this essay gives the illusion that being homeless is not as bad ass it seems. The author makes it seem like being homeless is a choice of a  lifestyle. Its most unfortunate that people have no opportunities to get them off the streets and have to beg for change just to get by on life. I’m sure that many people in their position try and make the best of it but realize that there is better things out there for themselves. I think that this subject of hunger and homelessness should be portrayed as a much more serious issue than how it was in this essay.