- 03 Aug 2004 03:43
#396883
First off, I am 16, and would desperately like the chance to vote in this year's presidential election-there's my bias, I'm for lowering the voting age. But anyway, why are students excluding from deciding information on their education? In my expierence, teachers are evaluated when the principle occasionally comes in, or when the stage a video shoot to send to the state. This is not a realistic way to judge a teacher. Students should also be allowed to give input as to their needs in a school, and to what the main problems are. Besides, for many of us, it is our money in taxes that goes to these schools. Why shouldn't we have a voice as to how it is spent. I for one believe that no child left behind does just the opposite by taking away funding for the other end of the spectrum, the "gifted". Why should there be a choice here? Why should sports come before funding in some schools? Why must curriculums be upgraded year after year to make a school look better? Why shouldn't we able to honestly sit down and say, "That man is not teaching correctly" without fear? Why are we censored in school? Why is there a dress code in violation of the first amendment?