Chapter 12 Reflection

     Chapter 12 is about hoe education should be reformed. Maby different takes on the issue have been given ranging from schools needing reform to some saying that schools are the best they have ver been and there is no need for change. Different elements of reform that some believe ought to be are: excellence, high standards, accountability, high steaks standarized testing, active learning, a sene of community, life long learning and character education. The chapter goes on talking more in depth about each one of these elements.      These were the few that really caught my attention: high- stakes standardized testing, I can relate to this because for many years I took the TAKS test which is a state wide administered exam and overall I believe it does have some help as to the motive behind it but what bothers me is the fact that teachers tend to give all their attention to that rather than other objectives that need to be taught. Another element that struck out to me was life long learning, I really liked this one beacuse as for me, I have been one of those students that would memorize, not learn, and in the long run it did not help me at all.