Education

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When I was attending grammar school about five years ago, I always thought how great it would be to choose from the diverse class opportunities that high school would provide me. I was tired of the repetitiveness that existed amongst the grammar school curricula. Once I reached high school I realized that school would be more interesting to me when I have a selection of classes to choose from. I thought high school was really diverse but when I got to college I actually found how diverse a person could be and how well-rounded a person he or she can develop into by college educational standards. An issue in today’s education is the lack of opportunity for students to engage in more diverse schooling rather that of schooling around one’s major. Most school tuitions force learning through books all day everyday, instead of learning the key aspects of life and developing into a well-rounded, diverse personality. Students don’t get the advantage to explore the diversity of the college educational systems. They are forced to graduate in a four year period and excel in one major. The romantic notion of learning for the sake of increasing one's understanding is no longer practiced (Nguyen).
Today’s college programs have lost all touch in making a person whole and complete. Being a well-rounded individual is an important aspect in today’s society. Our education symbolizes structured curricula and enforces work that is not necessary applicable to everyday common life.
Institutions have changed their focus on a person who is only excelling at one thing rather than the most well-rounded individual. The art of exploring your education through various different classes has been mislaid. The creative and dynamic learning processes are slowed by many factors. One of them being, the increasing of college tuition. Raising tuition has had the adverse effect of forcing students to rush through their college years, without t...