Essay 3

The educational system in America was founded on strong fundamentals seeking to create an intellectual county. Over the course of the years there is a shift in the thinking of our leaders, the educational system in moved down on the list of importance therefore the reduction of funding given the district office.. The K-12 schooling system has misled the students; Children are told that to succeed in like they need to succeed in school. As Gatto states about the realization from the students “When they go for the big interview they’re flummoxed to find that their education didn’t cover the essential skills for this job — being able to calm yourself and regulate your emotions in a variety of situations”. These skills are important in the outside world along with communication skills. The educational system kindergarten through twelfth grade needs to add more rigorous life preparing courses, like communication, into graduation requirements; in order to do this the legislature has to approve a reasonable budget so the courses can be funded

Throughout the schooling years students are required to present in front of the entire class, as students age presenting becomes more and more intimidating. The student presenter feels uncomfortable and self-conscious in front of their judgmental peers. Adding a public speaking class would help students to learn the essential skills of being confident, speaking clearly, and knowing their material. Learning the skill helps you portray yourself, not only in class presentations, but in other media as well, such as social media and your resume and cover letters for schools and jobs. This required course would provide “young people get an engaging and challenging education” Because it would being pushing the self-conscious teen out a safe zone and grow into an adult with well-rounded skills. The skill of speaking in front of a crowd is hard to acquire on your own therefore the public schools should help the students learn this skill. Requiring this class would not give the same response “They said the work was stupid, that it made no sense, that they already knew it” As the do in their other core classes.

Already having the public speaking skill under their belt, the student will have a new found confidence in their life. This confidence will allow the student to excel in job interviews and communicating with co-workers. The employer will recognize the communication skill possessed by the applicant.

Talking in front of people is more than just reciting a speech “During your public speaking course, you may learn terms that apply to your speeches and your daily activities. Credibility, which is trust that you earn from your audience, stems from goodwill, or caring about and considering your audience’s interests as you prepare and present your speech. When you speak to your class, your demonstration of ethics and focus on the audience makes you credible because your speeches revolve around your listeners, instead of yourself. Furthermore, if you relate to your audience by establishing common ground and conversational quality, then your listeners feel connected and want to tune into your presentation.” http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/should-students-public-speaking-classes-14725.html

As of now at the age when children start kindergarten they learn to color inside the lines which later on in life this directly relates to driving inside the lines. The children “encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only… better to choose obedience over self-awareness and self-determination, or in schools where independent thinking is not acceptable behavior” CRITICLE THINKING. Creating conformity and decreasing independence makes learning the public presentation skill even harder because to passionately speak on a subject you have to pick a side. Conformity encourages students, especially girls, to be the same. Because everyone is different but strives to be the same therefor lowering self-esteem and decreasing the speaking confidence.    

Recently, Keith Gilyard, “had the enormous pleasure to visit for several hours an after-school creative art program… shortly after my visit, I learned that the program would probably be discontinued due to lack of funding. No music in that time-space slot. No poetry, no lyricism, no singing, no visual arts, no drama. A point of immersion in the humanities would be eliminated, thus possibly constricting perspective.” (Children, art, and Du Bois). This shows how much the budget directly affects the students. Adolescences need to form their own thoughts and be their own person. Unfortunately,