I live in a small town where my neighborhood is middle class, but the rest of the town is filled with lower-class hicks. The high school here has a graduation rate of only 50%, and it really shows. I remember when our teacher would give everyone plenty of time to finish assignments, but many students still didn’t do them. The assignments were so easy that I could complete mine in five minutes. Meanwhile, my classmates would sit there, confused, while I was left bored with nothing to do for the rest of the day.
It’s frustrating that the teachers don’t take their jobs seriously and try to let everyone pass, even if it means giving out easy work. They would suggest I move to advanced classes, but those were just as simple. It felt like they were more interested in making things easy than challenging anyone. If the students don’t want to put in the effort, they should just fail instead of dragging the students who actually want to learn down.
And on test days, my classmates would act surprised and say, “You didn’t tell us we had a test!” even though the teachers reminded them repeatedly. I couldn’t even distract myself by playing on my phone because the internet service was terrible.
In class, I often saw kids texting under their desks while ignoring the lesson, then panicking when they realized there was a test. It was like they thought school was just a place to hang out instead of actually learn.
It’s frustrating that the teachers don’t take their jobs seriously and try to let everyone pass, even if it means giving out easy work. They would suggest I move to advanced classes, but those were just as simple. It felt like they were more interested in making things easy than challenging anyone. If the students don’t want to put in the effort, they should just fail instead of dragging the students who actually want to learn down.
And on test days, my classmates would act surprised and say, “You didn’t tell us we had a test!” even though the teachers reminded them repeatedly. I couldn’t even distract myself by playing on my phone because the internet service was terrible.
In class, I often saw kids texting under their desks while ignoring the lesson, then panicking when they realized there was a test. It was like they thought school was just a place to hang out instead of actually learn.
