When children are young, they do not have worries about life and their future because pressure is not often placed on them. However, with our economy, as the child gets older, he or she begins to see the obstacles they are going to face when they enter the work force. Therefore, education is highly emphasized. As mentioned in the book, a child who enters High School is obligated to be trained for the job market. I stand by this because aside from education being important, gaining the knowledge of how the economy works will definitely enable the students to be ahead of the game. Kids nowadays who are young can easily use a computer or text with a phone, this shows that children who are exposed to these things are capable of learning at a young age. Also I feel that in today’s society, it is constantly changing, therefore by teaching students at a young age will allow them to learn to adjust to the changes. Most importantly, being new to young adulthood, it would be a great way to let them experience the different side of the world where stress is introduced. However, does it sound unfair that children at such a young age are being exposed to such stress?
I think extracurricular activities are a great way for students to bond and release some stress. As most students will agree, being in school for eight hours straight where they have to sit in desks and listen to teachers’ lesson plans are not very enjoyable. However, providing things to do where students will enjoy will create a balance for a student. When I was in High School, teachers did not make lessons enjoyable because I felt like they were only trying to get the information across. Often times, I would fall asleep and just hope the weekends came sooner. However, I then joined the volley ball club which allowed me to relief some stress and look forward to go to school. Although we did not have sport teams in our school, we had math team and chess team. Therefore, students became drawn to these clubs because they were allow to compete with other schools, which creates incentives. However students often time get too focused on these activities where they are falling behind on their school work. Should there be certain limitations on these extracurricular activities where students can ensure that they keep a balance between the two?
