The World Of Education In The Testing By Joelle Charbonneau
What do you value? Hearing this question, you may think of a number of things that are important to you, things you would not want to live in a world without. But what about that world? Where is it, what is it? For me, this is the world of The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau, a world that lacks so many things that are so dear to me. I would not at all want to live in the world of the Testing because it would mean giving up so many things I value.
You’re lying in bed, trying to fall asleep. Something catches your eye, something that jolts you wide awake, sitting straight up in bed. A camera, a small one, like a security camera in a store. Cameras record. You are being recorded. Everywhere. All the time. And the worst part is that you never knew …show more content…
In this society, one gains power from an education. Education in The Testing seems to largely revolve around 3 basic subjects: mathematics, history, and reading skills. I know this because these are the three written tests in the first round of the Testing. But what if your skill, your talent, your passion is not one of these three things? You will not have very much power. If you are amazing with people, your a natural speaker and leader, a talent that would prove very useful as a politician along with many other important jobs, but maybe you’re not the strongest in school, you won’t get a high position job. All that matters is education, nothing else. Perhaps you’re an amazing singer and that is your passion. You will never have the chance to make it big like you can in this day and age, there is nothing to pursue except education. This is an example of lack of equal opportunity, some people can gain power a lot easier than others. Equal opportunity is something that I strongly value because I care about things being equal and fair. If both someone else and I want something the same amount, we should both have the same possibilities and options, similar if not the same choices to make. No one should have an advantage from the start, something you can’t control. Although this equal opportunity is not at all present in today’s world, I think that it is more so present than in the universe of The
You’re lying in bed, trying to fall asleep. Something catches your eye, something that jolts you wide awake, sitting straight up in bed. A camera, a small one, like a security camera in a store. Cameras record. You are being recorded. Everywhere. All the time. And the worst part is that you never knew …show more content…
In this society, one gains power from an education. Education in The Testing seems to largely revolve around 3 basic subjects: mathematics, history, and reading skills. I know this because these are the three written tests in the first round of the Testing. But what if your skill, your talent, your passion is not one of these three things? You will not have very much power. If you are amazing with people, your a natural speaker and leader, a talent that would prove very useful as a politician along with many other important jobs, but maybe you’re not the strongest in school, you won’t get a high position job. All that matters is education, nothing else. Perhaps you’re an amazing singer and that is your passion. You will never have the chance to make it big like you can in this day and age, there is nothing to pursue except education. This is an example of lack of equal opportunity, some people can gain power a lot easier than others. Equal opportunity is something that I strongly value because I care about things being equal and fair. If both someone else and I want something the same amount, we should both have the same possibilities and options, similar if not the same choices to make. No one should have an advantage from the start, something you can’t control. Although this equal opportunity is not at all present in today’s world, I think that it is more so present than in the universe of The