Chapter 1 Adloscent Literacy

Opening this book I was surprised to find it talking about a scenario regarding NCLB or No Child Left Behind. I found it very intriguing that there was such a large opposition to the program which I knew existed but never to what extent.  This made me realize that professional teachers everywhere are having to work with this program and the unnecessary   strain that it puts on them.  The fact that so many schools are overly concerned with the test scores demanded by the government that they are forgetting that they are there to shape young children and students into functional adults is sickening.  This is as bad to me as eating meat is to a vegan (no offense).  But really if we were to ask schools what made them special they would cite test scores and rankings within their states.  No one cares if the school has the best music department in the county or that the teachers all take turns giving after school tutoring its about the test scores and punishing the students who cant meet some politicians line simply because they thought this is a good number.  People don't realize that it was not teachers who said lets do this its the politicians who's children attend very wealthy private school and are given anything they desire.  The problem with this legislation is that it focuses on the negatives and does nothing to help a school in need except to take it over and eventually shut it down then requiring the parents to pay exorberant fees to send their children to a different school.  People can also bet if the legislation can't create a budget then there is no hope in changing this anchor of legislation that slowly drags schools to their knees