Friday, November 18, 2016

Who Wore It Best

The education system that is implemented in our schools is designed to prepare the next generation of learning individuals so that they are able to go out into the world and make something out of themselves.  This key concept is the root of the issue.  Many would say that the whole point of high school is to shape us students into mature, hardworking adults so that we may be successful when we enter the real world.  This stays true to schooling and I agree that High School does prepare us for the real world but that is not the only reason we go to school.  From our first days of school back in elementary, things were obviously different because we weren't all competing for the best test score, or arguing about who was involved in the most extracurricular activities.  We were focused on the joy of making new friends and establishing bonds with our teachers but now, in high school, it has become a battle of competition.  It is a "who wore it best" type of situations. So many students are focused on who the top-ranked individual is or who has the highest score in their Math or English class.  Speaking for myself especially, I wholeheartedly believe that this battle for competition that has been carrying on for so very long should come to an end.  No matter what GPA we have, or what rank we might be, in the end, it won't matter because we are all equal.  Being that we are juniors here at Mayfair, I think we can all agree that High School has just become a battle for dominance.  Whether it be popularity or valedictorian, we can all achieve great things because we are all equal.  We are all people and we slip up and make mistakes but that is the meaning of life.  We learn from our mistakes so that we can correct them and develop as individuals.  Nobody is better than someone else just because they might have a higher GPA than that person.  This issue causes a domino effect that can be seen in our schools.  With the battle for dominance, it causes some students to not try as hard in school because they tell themselves that they aren't good enough.  That they won't be able to amount to anything because that one smart kid is in their class.  This idea of being superior to the rest only brings trouble down the road because when we go out into the world, there is nobody that is going to be at the top of the class.  Nobody who will have more friends than that one new girl.  Or the fact that someone is more involved than everyone else.  In the end, it won't matter.  To conclude, if we try our best and do what we love, we are making the most out of high school.  By setting goals and pushing ourselves to do better, who can pull us down.  When we compare ourselves to others, it only degrades us.  This is your life, do not spend it comparing yourself to anybody.  We are meant for so much more, we were not put on this Earth to live someone else's life.

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  1. I wholeheartedly agree with you Noa. I think that we compare ourselves too much to our peers and their accomplishments that we lose sight of our own goals. I don't think we give ourselves credit for our work and ideas because we feel the need to be at the same level as everyone else. It would be a boring world if we were all the same. I would much rather live in a place where everyone argued over each others opinions and beliefs while everyone was doing what they loved and creating diversity. We live in a world with so much creative potential, now we just have to learn how to put that creativity out there.

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