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What is the purpose of school?

              What is the purpose of school?

                                                                                  9/2/2022-1:45pm

The purpose of school is to provide an education for all students to help them succeed in their life. School allows children to reach their full creative potential and blossom into the person they are meant to be. Students and families trust in the school systems to prepare their children for the real world and teach them the skills they need to be a successful member of society. The purpose of school is to teach children basic academic skills to navigate and form an understanding of math, English, science and history. Unfortunately, there are times where students that need specific accommodations to learn are pushed to the side and fall back in work. I believe that the schools try their best to separate them from the "regular" students to help assist them, but in my opinion, I feel they should never be separated. Separation from peers at a young age can cause a major indifference within the students which leads to them being treated differently as a person, when the situation is just as small as they don't learn at the same pace which is super common in the education system. As long as students are separated in the classroom, they will be viewed differently by their peers, and school is a place to learn acceptance and make friends of all walks of life, but by separating the students it is going against these teachings. Students who need special accommodations from schools need to be interacting with their peers while having the extra help given to them to promote a healthy and incorporative learning environment.

 


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  1. Sefora PerezSeptember 2, 2022 at 3:37 PM

    Well put, Jacy. The fundamentals of the public school system aim to prepare and teach students how to become contributing members of society, but I agree that accommodations and modifications for students that have (learning) disabilities can lack in certain areas. It is super important to keep a child's day-to-day schedule at school the most "normal" and social as possible. Students often thrive on each other's interest or participation in a subject. Young students also are very capable of helping their peers better understand concepts and information. Allowing students that have disabilities to participate in class activities can benefit every kind of student in multiple aspects, even outside of academics. Providing a healthy, safe, and comfortable environment for students is of the utmost importance and it makes me really glad that our peers/future teachers all find this to be essential in a public school setting.

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