I feel that class debate was beneficial, because it did show that most highschools are not providing enough to prepare the students for college. Especially when thats what high school is supposed to do, prepare you for college. Personally I do feel that my school for the most part did a good job in preparing me for college class. Granted some classes were not as beneficial as others. But one class that I feel was really beneficial was my AP Language and Composition class senior year. My teacher for that class also taught an ACP Language and Composition class that was a highschool class offered by Indiana University Northwest. Even though I was not in that class but just the AP version, he still structured the AP class just as the ACP class. The only difference was the amount of papers we had to write, we did about half of what they did. But that class taught me how to write for the college level. When I look back, that class was the same as my English class now when it comes to writing styles, length, and structure of class. So I feel as though in some aspects my highschool did perpare me for college classes, not just in English but in other classes too.
You claim that high schools
You claim that high schools are supposed to prepare students to college. I wonder what you think about the article which raises the issue of high school graduates who do not go to college.
same topic..
My English class my senior year was a college prep english class and our teacher was considered very tough. I felt she did a good job of preparing us, but feel that I was left in the dark about what to actually expect in college. My senior year, our main project was to complete two writing portfolios each semester. One was a bunch of papers on a research topic and the other was to be argumentative. We learned how to cite sources in MLA style and everything, but now that I look back, we didn't work with referencing that much and our papers were never more than 5 pages long. I kind of wish that my highschool teacher also taught at the college level, because her teaching style could have probably helped me to know what to expect. I know that there are a good amount of students that do not move on to secondary education, but English is a class that will help in all aspects of the career or academic world, so I think that the classes should find ways to help strengthen our background. If that means quicker pace, or harder material, I guess I would support it, but I think If high school courses would look at a college english corriculum, they could find enough similarities where they could just create similar assignments with similar expectations.