Revisions (Sareed Noel)

One’s initial environment is based upon the predetermined circumstances given to them and how they choose to react to them. But ever so often people choose to defy the circumstances and create an environment for themselves. In America, there have been negative views on the education system, but my journey through that same system allowed me to elevate beyond the flaws and learn beyond what circumstances were allotted to me. In my life, I was taught that to get anywhere you had to be smart and to be smart you had to learn. But I was also taught for you to learn, you could not turn to the schooling system because it was not going to benefit you. As a younger person hearing that I was intimidated by the thought of not being able to put my faith in the teachers who were there to educate me. Which then put the idea in my head that I’d be alone throughout my journey, being just as confused as my peers due to a lack of education quality. But as time went on, the deuteragonists showed up in the form of teachers who took extra initiative to teach and never skipped the chance to show just how they cared” (The Deuteragonists 1).

 

I chose this paragraph from my paper because although I had a point that had the potential to be strong, I don’t think I was as concise as I could’ve been. One problem I have when writing is my ability to organize and convey my thoughts. Also as I read it it’s too wordy to me so to improve this paragraph I would speak more about the title “The Deuteragonists” to introduce the focus, and leave my personal experiences to the body paragraphs so there’s a bit more of a connection and in the end, limits redundancies.

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Teaching morals young

Teaching kids the right and wrongs in life goes beyond the classroom

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by Tania Garcia on November 26

Teaching kids at a young age ethical choice making is more crucial than it may seem. In the “2012 Josephson Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth” around 57% of teens stated that successful people do what they have to do to win, even if it involves cheating. These alarming numbers showing a sort of normality on this view of morally grey choice making. Many believe that schools should stay “value-neutral”, allowing kids to go unchecked in an environment that is meant to nurture them. The fear of teaching kids more religious-based beliefs in this political climate is fair but isn’t the only form of building these young minds moral compass. As a previous student of the public school system, I think back on my peers and I that had busy parents and relied on their teachers and other peers to understand the weight of our decisions. Especially in a time were more than 50%* of American households have both parents employed, many parents may rely on after school programs and the school’s curriculum to be able to educate their children on a general idea of what to do when confronted with a moral dilemma. Morality and ethical choice making is a crucial point to allow us to navigate the world as decent human beings. The goal is to build an understanding of such at home but when put in an environment for more than 7+ hours it is up to the school to curate a better environment for us students to better understand social norms. The goal isn’t to create the “perfect” citizen, to make someone compliant or robot like, but to plant a seed of compassion in a student’s mind. horizontal line

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by U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS on April 21, 2021

2012 Report card on the Ethics of American Youth

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