California in Education

Isn't it so weird how California is 48th in Education for elementry through high school in the United States. That means those "ignorant" southern states have better schools than us, yet we are the richest, most buisiness qualitifed state and we include some of the best Univercities in all of America.
Here is my theory on why we suck so much.
BEcause of the population in the state and the high attendance of students in schools the state must have to be ranked lower. I believe that most probably the percentage of kids going to schools is higher than alot of states. Also the population issue presents a problem in the fact that there are bigger classrooms. If there were more smaller classroom of maybe 10-15 students, then the ranking in education would increase dramatically. However, when we have some 30 about average in every class, that totally makes it harder on the teacher to teach every student. This year I was a babysitter/teacher for two grades. A third grade classroom in which the class held 34 students and a fourth grade classroom where the class held eight students. The fourth grade class was much more engaged and payed so much more attention to the subject.
I think the key for California s climb to the top of education will be to attain more teachers making the class average to fifteen students per class.

Community College vs High School

Community College...and high school... both are extremly different, yet they have incredible similarities. The difficulty level in community college is much greater than in High School. However, the motivation in community college to do well is also much greater because there is no plan B. In communty college one must do well to get to his disired goal. Also, no one in a community college is being forced togo to school, therefore the learning environment is much stronger because everybody wants to learn. High school however is alot more laid back and easy. If one is committed one can easily get a 4.0 because of the simple fact that homework is a large portion of the grade, and there alot more "easy points". In community college one has to be not only committed, but also be a good test taker because of the simple fact that exams can sometimes account for nearly nintey percent of the grade. Teachers in high school are also more personal with you. They tend to care alot more about your well doing in a class. If a teacher realises commitment, second chances are oftenly granted, but in community college it depends on the proffessor. Some proffessors teach as many students as the whole entire population of an average high school. What would make them care about you so much?
Overall, high school and community colleges both have their advantages. With effort and committment anyone can excell in either.
Which one do you think is better?

Read The Directions!!!

Uh Oh. Here comes that feeling that says "Damn... I should have read the stupid directions." Last week I had written a blog post for my English class that I thought would give me an easy five points. Right after I finnished my post I thought to myself, "Does this comply with the directions for this assignment?" Then I said Oh well and did nothing about it.
End Result: Zero Points
Elementry Schools should put more emphasis on students reading the directions of the assignments handed down to them. I can't tell you how many times I ve written, or read a good paper that ended up recieving a terrible grade because it does not answer "the directions".
I believe the most effective way to build a students "Directions Learning". Is the test that some teachers give in High School. The test consists of about twenty short answer questions. On the top of the page, it is very clearly stated to read all the questions on the test before answering any of them. When you reach the last question the test states " Put your name on top of the page and do not answer any questions." However, if you answer any of the questions you get graded on all the question given during the test. The only flaw with this method is that this test is given in High School. This test should be given at a younger age where it remains engraved in the students head.