Mike Rose and Lewis Black

Black talked about a school that was half a billion dollars and made a comment about how a school shouldn't be the nicest building that you ever go into. I agree with him on this; school is a place to learn and it does not need to have a fancy park for students to learn. Although the school itself doesn't need to be super expensive, the school should have enough money to purchase the supplies necessary for giving the students a good education. He also criticizes the teachers and about how qualified they are for teaching (Tony Danza). In Finland only the top 10% of the graduating class of teachers each year are given jobs and they have a 93% high school graduation while the US is only at 75%. It just shows that schools need to rethink their staff and how they spend their money.
Rose also talks about how schools need good teachers. A good teacher will be able to teach the information to the students and keep them interested or engaged in the lessons. Some students do not want to learn just to know the information so a good teacher would help the student find a way to motivate themselves. He also talks about how standardized testing is bad because it sets one "gold standard" and makes everything else not as important. In the core classes I believe that the standardized test is the best thing because you cannot go out into the real world during high school and test what you learned. Now when students enter college or if they are in a non core academic class, then there may need to be a different way to measure the skill of the student.