Let Teenagers Try Adulthood

Let Teenagers Try Adulthood

Introduction

Education system has always been a priority of not only government but many other educational circles as it acts as a vital mechanism to develop and grow the nation (Sowell, 1992). However, in today's modern and fast-paced environment it has become very difficult to meet the challenges of education system as well as creating productive and scholastic attitude among teenagers (Sowell, 1992). Leo Botstein in his work “Let Teenagers Try Adulthood” attempts to criticize the current education system and claims that present education system is unable to discourse academics and enhance the individuality of teenagers in high schools. In fact, Botstein also claims that present education system should be abolished as it follows obsolete ways or methods to convey knowledge to teenagers. In addition, he believes that high schools' environment is very artificial that keeps the student away from the practicalities of real life and forces them to chase apparent goals that do not really exist in the real world (Fahnestock & Secor, 2004).

However, it is important to know that Botstein's work also received significant criticism from various academic and literary circles. Most of the researchers do not agree that only teachers and academic system is responsible to train a child (Fahnestock & Secor, 2004). In fact, they argue that there is a great role of parents and other elements that are associated with teenagers. This paper aims to analyze Botstein's work and present arguments to counter those presented in his article.

Discussion

Some people disagree with the Botstein's remarks that high schools do not prepare students for real world. Botstein only criticize the quality of teachers and teaching system but he does not realize that parents are equally responsible for the professional as well as social training of their children (Fahnestock & Secor, 2004). For example, ...