Education System Changes

My experience with the education system has been a very unique one. I went to private school for the beginning part of my education and new nothing different. Now being thrown into the public school system I can better reflect on both of my private and public school experiences and the few problems I have with both. I can now say that the private school system is a great one and I wouldn't trade my experiences during that time for anything, but I do feel that depriving your child of the public school system is a crime. Going to public school is an experience to say the least. The people that you go to class with and the people you see in the hallways especially is a life experience that has changed the way I look at life. Before my time at public school I had only been around and with people that shared the relative same belief system and lifestyle that I did. Now coming to public school and getting to know people from all different backgrounds and lifestyles has been an experience that I believe has better prepared me for life beyond high school. The one problem that I do have with the education system is a whole is the fact that school instead of being viewed as a privilege it is viewed as something that you are being made to do which you are. I believe that going to school should in fact be mandatory because a nation in which teens who are not yet responsible to make life decisions are given the chance to drop out of school is a scary one. But what should change is the atmosphere that schools create. Having building like Henry Clay in which few classes have windows and some students with the exception of during lunch never see the light of day is crazy. School needs to not be a place that is in fancy expensive buildings, but again it shouldn't be held in jail like buildings either. By trusting students and giving them more freedoms and making school a more welcoming environment for everyone the student will be put in a mood and have a view of school that is not one of just one thing they have to get through and then move on, but rather a key opportunity and privilege that they are given. A world in which the education system was looked upon by the student in a way that encourages learning is a great one.