Sebas, I found this blog post very intriguing. I too believe there are plenty of faults in our school system that need to be corrected. I like how you suggested rather than extending the school day, we should improve the quality of our schools and even included some solutions to these problems.
2. This a comment I left on Stephanie's blog post. She discussed the negative portrayal of Islam and how we need to change our views.
Stephanie, I found his blog post fascinating. I completely agree that the media portrays Islam negatively and I understand the absurdity of the claim many sources make that sites Islam as the cause of terrorism.
I think these terrorist attacks have significantly damaged the image of Islam in the United States which will leave an impact spanning for multiple decades. It is hard for Americans to see Islam as a peaceful religion when consistently we see violence and acts of injustice in the Middle East. Additionally, the Israel and Palestine conflict has strengthened this view of Islam due to the United States being so connected to Israel.
We need to try to start to see Islam for the non-radical side. There are Muslims living peacefully all over the world. This new hatred of a religion can have disastrous impacts. An example of mass religious persecution in the modern age would be the Holocaust which left 6 million innocent Jewish victims dead. All hatred leads to is genocide and destruction.
Another thing I would suggest which I know is a very unfavorable option but it is to cut down the length of summer vacation. My reason behind this is the average student (including myself) forget lots of material over the summer. Additionally, the idea of more frequent one or two week breaks I would enjoy more than having such a long time off.
One thing I think was left out in this post was the idea that we are receiving way too much homework. It just make no sense. We end up spending hours every night doing homework that wastes so much time and energy. I would maybe like longer school days if it meant almost no homework but as long as we have homework and longer school days it would be unbearable. I heard that in other countries kids receive less homework and do better than us. This shows that maybe homework isn't quite working properly.
Another solution I would have is to have teens in high school maybe chose a subject they would want to focus for their careers. If I want to be a lawyer why do I need to know chemistry and if I want to be a Chemist why do I need to know the emperor of China during the Ming dynasties. I think it would be must more cost and time efficient to have us chose a focus subject before college so we don't waste time and money learning things we forget the next day.