Kaylissa Green English 111 10-23-13

Are High School Students Unprepared for College? The ACT indicates only about a third of high school students are college-ready, yet around two-thirds of the still go to college! "tudents in high school do not get as

#re#ared for college as we thin$! %f you actually thin$ about it, how #re#ared are you& "o e students ay be well #re#ared' but, all high school students should be #re#ared,

es#ecially when it co es to going to college! The Politics of Remediation by (i$e )ose is a great article to get this #oint

across! *e tal$s about 3 students who struggle differently, but in the end they are still struggling aren+t they& There is this girl na ed ,ucia that he tal$s about! ,ucia was 2years old and it was her second .uarter at /C,A! 0ut )ose urges that 1for her to be a student2 The baby couldn+t wa$e u# sic$, no colic or rashes, the cousin or a neighbor had to be a3ailable to watch hi , the three buses she too$ fro East ,!A! had to be on ti e-

no accidents or brea$downs4 5116 That was the #roble 7she had a $id and if her $id was sic$ or the neighbor was gone, she couldn+t go to school! 8hich grades will dro# and she Although this ay #ossible fail the class! eans her college

ay be true7% thin$ (i$e )ose does ha3e a good #oint, but that

isn+t true in all cases! % $now #eo#le in high school that ha3e $ids and they are doing #erfectly fine in school! That+s high school though, college is a lot different! "o e students with $ids do struggle in college! ,ucia is a #erfect e9a #le! *er college life de#ends on 3arious reasons7her baby, her neighbor or cousins, the city bus: if the bus was to brea$down she would be late to college! ;ust li$e (i$e )ose, but also 3ery differently, Tho as )ee3es tal$s about the ACT+s in high school and how students do #oorly on the ! This article is called College Isnt for everybody, and its a Scandal that We Think It Is! Tho as )ee3es a$es it clear

that ACT scores are going downhill and that we s#end all our school life #re#aring for the ACT+s but #eo#le still do #oorly! )ee3es states 1ACT scores continue to decline nationally, and )ichard T! <erguson, ACT+s chief e9ecuti3e, urges better high school #re#aration!4 53=>6 "tudents li$e ,ucia #robably did #oorly on their ACT+s! "tudents do (EA? testing in order to #re#are for this! % re e ber doing the (EA? test all through iddle

school and u# until so#ho ore year of high school! % didn+t do that great with test but % did better than would be the

y ACT

ost #eo#le! % thin$ the #art of the ACT that #eo#le struggle with ath well on the ACT, how e to y ne9t #oint!

ath and science #ortion of it! %f you can+t do ath in college& This brings

you going to do better with the

Teachers are also a reason a student different

ight be doing #oorly! %n high school you get

ath teachers, different English teacher, and different science teachers! They all

teach differently, which can cause students to struggle! (i$e )ose argues that 1"tudents li$e Andrea are caught in a terrible bind! They co e to the uni3ersity with li ited e9#erience in a##lying $nowledge, #u@@ling o3er solutions, and sol3ing #roble s!4 5206 %f you really thin$ about it, high school students read boo$ and answer .uestions in their English class but senior year and fresh an English in college is undeniably different! Aow % a learning how to write #a#ers and % feel li$e if our school could ha3e taught us

how to do this a bit sooner, % would beco e better! Aot Bust in English, in any high school classes that could be considered college classes!

%n the article Entering the Conversation by (i$e )ose, *e e9#lains how #eo#le struggle with con3ersations! )ose hi self writes 1"chool, es#ecially a college or uni3ersity, can a$e students feel unintelligent, threatened, and angry when they

encounter con3ersations that use unfa iliar ter s and foreign-sounding logic! 5C>6 %n this case )ose does ha3e a #oint, students get critici@ed all the ti e when it co es to writing and reading! That can really #ut stress on a student!

,astly, (i$e )ose tal$s about the students needs and re.uire ents are at

sta$e if they do not .uite understand the course! 1All students re.uire such an o##ortunity! 0ut those co ing to the uni3ersity with less-than-#ri3ileged educations, es#ecially those fro the lower classes, are #articularly in need4 5236 "tudents with little ore

or no $nowledge wonDt do good in college! )ose also states that 1"tudents need

o##ortunities to de3elo# the writing strategies that are an inti ate #art of acade ic in.uiry and what has co e to be called critical literacy-co #aring, synthesi@ing, analy@ing-the sort of thing % ga3e the 3eterans!4 52E6 )oseDs words are 3ery eye-ca#turing, he $nows that so e students in college do struggle and he is o$ay with it, he understands the situation so high school teachers need to do the sa e! Along the sa e ter s ?aulo <reire, the author of The Banking Conce t !f Ed"cation, *e belie3es that the dialogue between students and teachers should be that the teachers beco e the students and the students beco e the teacher! <reire ac$nowledges that 1%n the ban$ing conce#t of education, $nowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider the sel3es $nowledgeable u#on those who they consider to $now nothing!4

52=16 <reire describes this article as a ban$ing conce#t, *igh schoolers don+t $now what they are getting the sel3es into, on the sa e hand, wor$ing in a ban$ ta$es Bust as wor$! % thin$ both )ose and <reire ha3e a a@ing conce#ts but if % had to #ic$ the best theory so far it would ha3e to be )ose! *e is who wrote the article % a tal$ing about! *e uch

has strong #oints and % thin$ he related to this article as well! *e once was a high schooler and once had to learn the basics and not so basic courses in high school! )ose $nows that college will be different than high school! *is article relates to a e because %

in high school, in a year % will be in college! % $now so e classes are going to be

difficult for

e, but thatDs not going to sto#

e! % will try

y best to succeed in college

"o in conclusion, (i$e )ose and the other few authors ha3e strong, de anding articles! %f your that $id that stuggles in high school, ta$e so e ti e and try your best, because once your in college the teachers e9#ect you to $now e3erything! %f you dont, then your basically screwed! Get the hel#, /nderstand the class, and try your best7if you still fail or dont understand the classes then college is not the #lace for you!

Works Cited

)ose, (i$e! FThe ?olitics of )e ediation!F A!#!2 n!#!, n!d! A! #ag! ?rint

Aorgaard, )olf! Com osing #no$ledge% Readings for College Writers! 0oston2 0edfordG"t! (artins, 200H! ?rint