Former Title I public HS teacher here. This piece reads like a self-congratulatory college application essay. "My Volunteer Experience Performing Unskilled Manual Labor." The author ignores the unfortunate reality that most U.S. high school students need to learn how to "work hard" academically, not physically. This means learning how to…
Former Title I public HS teacher here. This piece reads like a self-congratulatory college application essay. "My Volunteer Experience Performing Unskilled Manual Labor." The author ignores the unfortunate reality that most U.S. high school students need to learn how to "work hard" academically, not physically. This means learning how to focus for sustained time periods on complex tasks, learning how to read and write with fluency and accuracy, etc. And if the author feels that it's important to "stand in solidarity" with workers who perform unskilled manual labor, one would assume that she also supports expanding wealth taxes and labor unions.
Former Title I public HS teacher here. This piece reads like a self-congratulatory college application essay. "My Volunteer Experience Performing Unskilled Manual Labor." The author ignores the unfortunate reality that most U.S. high school students need to learn how to "work hard" academically, not physically. This means learning how to focus for sustained time periods on complex tasks, learning how to read and write with fluency and accuracy, etc. And if the author feels that it's important to "stand in solidarity" with workers who perform unskilled manual labor, one would assume that she also supports expanding wealth taxes and labor unions.