Audience: The public school community

There is a learning gap between public and private schools. It has become apparent that students coming from public school systems find themselves not prepared for the standard of work that is expected at a university. Yet private school students can make the transition with ease. Public schools need to raise their academic standards to the same level as private school because raising standards will give public school students a better chance of college success.

I floated through high school. There was no reason to try any harder, as long as I got B's and C's, nothing else mattered. Senior year was a joke. In half of the courses in my senior year, we did nothing but watch movies and play games on the computer, including the teacher. I thought I was supposed to be learning. I didn't have to do a senior project if I didn't want to; there was no final paper to write. I remember my friends who attended private school and how they would always talk of how much homework they had or some paper they had to write. Then I came to college and faced a big reality check. I quickly realized that with the ease of my senior year and public education, I was in no

Even now I find myself making any excuse not to do my homework. These habits have been learned through my public education. I learned that if I did my homework in the period before it was due or on my lunch, I could still be successful. The lackadaisical attitude of my public high school has ruined my work ethic. I believe that if I went to a private school, I would have been better off academically. A change must be made in the way that public schools are structured. To adjust the funding and standards of today's public schools can solve the problems that so many college students face. The standard of teaching and academic quality in public schools needs to change so that freshman college students can be prepared and able to succeed.

Not only is there a higher level of teaching at private schools but there is more expected from the student academically. Public schools have Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs which are designed to give students a more rigorous education at a faster pace. Public schools try and compensate with IB and AP programs, but the problem with this is that students have to be recommended or be willing to sign up for this higher education. Whereas, at a private school the standard of work expected from all students is already at AP or IB level. Students of the public school system will not challenge themselves. Public schools need to require more challenging course work, in doing so, raising that level at which most students expect to succeed. To ensure that this happens I feel that the Math,

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