A Journey Through Angie's Mind

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults."- F. Douglas  This quote is so valid on so many different levels, being able to teach children at a young age and instill in them right from wrong helps them to become better adults in the future. Once an adult is stuck in their ways its hard to teach a dog new tricks as they would put it.

Back in the day intelligence wasn't measured by who can think the fastest or who was smarter than another, life was just so much easier back then. "Over the centuries, though, we humans have placed higher and higher values on intelligence, and have developed ways to measure it" (Berger, 2016). I don't believe a test should the decison maker on if a child is able to go to a certain school or next grade. A test cant measure someones abilities, especially if its based off one general aptitude. If anything I feel certain grades should be tested to see what they have learned that year and were to place them come the following year.  This assingment has opened my eyes to so much educational wise on how different countries go about teaching and learning. For example, " In China, children begin school at the age of seven (or six if they live in Beijing, Shanghai, or other major cities) and attend classes on five days a week. Before that, children often attend pre-school...

Growing up in Chicago was no easy childhood, luckily I lived on a block were there was nothing but older people and some young children. As I grew up I saw my neighborhood turn into a very unsafe environment. I use to be able to ride my bike whenever I wanted to or walk to to corner store to buy some snacks, then times changed and walking to the corner your chances of getting shot at was high. My family never wanted me out at night or I had to be home when the street lights came on. I saw the neighborhood turn my grandma into a very paranoid person and I didn't like it at all. When I graduated high school I flew to college and didn't look back, of course I visit home, but I would never move back. Since I left in 2011 the violence rate has sky rocketed, and my mom has told me plenty of times not to come back because its not the same from when I left. As a child we had a buddy system no one out without a buddy, because the crime rate was so high and people were getting snatched l...