CLASS 6

I’m back! So today we talked about a very complicate subject EDUCATION, we talked about the program no child left behind and bilingual education.

The program no child left behind was install by Bush and it require that each state test kids from age 3-8. This program has been highly debated because one sector believe that is good that the capacities of children be tested, because it helps them to study instead of just memorize but on the other hand some people believe that is not ok to have just one type of test because education varies on each state so some kids have advantages over others. In my opinion this program does not work because in the US children don’t have the same education so instead of helping them and reinforce their education the government just confuse them without a logical reason.

We talked about bilingual education which is the right of every kid to study in his or her mother tongue. I do believe that this help immigrant kids to adapt to the US education system but this kind of education is just for a few years because the universities only teach in English. There have been a controversy about this because some persons believe that if this kids are going to live in the US they are supposed to adapt and enroll to regular schools, but other specially the parents of this kids just want their kid to learn in his or her native language but here is the problem because the parents want the best for their kids but if they don’t let them mixed with Americans or study how they study how do these kids will be able to work or get a job or just mix with American if they don’t even understand their cultures?

I do believe that parents should teach their kids their cultures and let the kids study in their native language as a way to adapt to the American schools system but they should give them the opportunity to know more of the people and the country their live in.