Comments on: Ten REALLY Bold Moves to Transform U.S. Education http://www.mayafrost.com/blog/2008/12/19/ten-really-bold-moves-to-transform-us-education/ Bold Moves in International Lifestyle Design Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:36:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Breanna Hite http://www.mayafrost.com/blog/2008/12/19/ten-really-bold-moves-to-transform-us-education/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Breanna Hite Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:39:04 +0000 http://www.mayafrost.com/blog/?p=351#comment-209 I'm not an educator, or a parent, but I am a young woman for whom education has been a passionate subject. As a student, I was lucky enough and determined enough to use my "gifted" status to re-shape my curriculum to best suit me. I negotiated arrangements with nearly every teacher to set up either an enriched or accelerated version of their class, and graduated high school a year early. But my husband, though equally intelligent, fell through the cracks, never offered any of the opportunities I was - even though we went to the same school. It pains me deeply how poorly our school systems suit most students, and how far behind the pace of the world they've fallen. I wish that we could turn the schools on their heads. I am so impatient with incremental changes, and the blinkered vision that enforces them. I’m not an educator, or a parent, but I am a young woman for whom education has been a passionate subject. As a student, I was lucky enough and determined enough to use my “gifted” status to re-shape my curriculum to best suit me. I negotiated arrangements with nearly every teacher to set up either an enriched or accelerated version of their class, and graduated high school a year early.

But my husband, though equally intelligent, fell through the cracks, never offered any of the opportunities I was – even though we went to the same school. It pains me deeply how poorly our school systems suit most students, and how far behind the pace of the world they’ve fallen.

I wish that we could turn the schools on their heads. I am so impatient with incremental changes, and the blinkered vision that enforces them.

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