Personal Narrative: I Am More Then A Test Score

I Am More Then A Test Score
I can vividly remember the joy in my sister's voice as she yelled “they accepted me!” after opening her admissions letter to the University of Davis. Shortly after my sister's arrival on campus she quickly realized how unprepared she was mentally, physically, and financially for college. Unfortunately after her first semester she quit and has yet to return. However, my sister is not alone in her educational journey, thousands of students find themselves unprepared for the burdens of being a full time college student. While the high school graduation rate is at an all time high of eighty-two percent, the college graduation rate is declining to forty-one percent.
Why is this? A student's success or failure stems from the root of their educational history, and economic background. The increasing cost of tuition and debt, along with lack of preparation for collegiate course work in high school, and emotional
Unfortunately there is a clear decline in students success in college because of the lack of preparations from a mental, emotional, and financial perspective. The lack of fostering creativity, and analytical skills by the traditional education system, along with devastating amounts of tuition, and debt, make the transition into college difficult for high school students. So why are less and less high students prepared for college? Because students are treated more like atm’s then individuals by the education system, and instead of independent thinkers students are simply viewed as test score numbers, and that is difficult for any student to be prepared for. Less and less students are prepared for college because of overwhelm realization that students, as community of independent thinkers are more then a name on a roster, more then a student I.D. number, and more then just a test