<p>Can someone critique this essay? I need to know if it’s better to use more concrete examples to center my essay around or to use multiple good supports for an argument. I’m just not sure what is a better structure, so I went with using several ideas. I reiterate a lot of ideas, can someone help me on that as well? Thanks.</p>
<p>Prompt: some high schools, teachers have
considered allowing each student to choose
the books he or she will read for English
class rather than requiring all students in
class to read the same books. Some teachers
support such a policy because they think
students will greatly improve their reading
skills if they read books they find
interesting. Other teachers do not support
such a policy because they think that
students will learn more by participating in
class discussion with others who have read
the same books. In your opinion, should
each individual student be allowed to choose
the books he or she reads for English class?</p>
<p>Our future is compromised of two things: the kids growing up right now, and their education. Students who are studying behold the power to change our future politically, economically, and socially, and what impacts their knowledge more than their education? Ensuring a strong, focused curriculum for all students can help fortify their future endeavors. Reading books in English class can surprisingly have a huge impact, for books entail many ethereal ideas that kids can use. By standardizing a list of books that kids in English should read, schools will see their students becoming more determined and better leaders of the future.</p>
<p>Allowing students to choose their books only leads to distraction from the central English class topic. Why let students pick their favorite story tale and elaborate on that book, which they might have already read for an easy 100? Students should not be given the freedom to do in class for any book wanted, for they will digress into impartial fragments that don’t relate. For example, when in 7th grade, my group in English chose to read “The Lightning Thief” a Greek myth spin-off to discuss certain stock Greek elements and myths, but instead we got caught up in the romantic story of the two protagonists. This freedom to choose novels hindered the potential of our education. However, if kids want to read out of class, it is not a problem.</p>
<p>When a list of must-read books is given to a student, they are not given a list of books they can only read. They are allowed to stray away and read as much as they want outside of the class, and the list only provides a bare minimum for all students to read. It helps equalize the reading level across schools if all students are culturally aware of certain situations through reading as well. For example, private schools significantly are less aware of certain important novels from Shakespeare of Twain than public schools. This is due to how private school students do not require a reading list for their students to use, so they don’t get the same minimum reading achievements as public school students.</p>
<p>Though the arguments against students picking class books to read seems well supported, many others believe quite the opposite. Books required by schools promote fascism and less creativity for students! Why would following a boring standard of curriculum books inspire students to read more and grow smarter? Although people may have a point, by requiring lists, students still do get the chance to choose outside books they want to read, but just at home. If so inclined, they can even host out of school discussions about the book. Also, by choosing classic novels that teach a wide range of morals rather than just vague teen-culture books, school districts get more scrupulous graduates.</p>
<p>Even if an individual student doesn’t choose his or er own book to read in class, there are plenty of opportunities to read outside of the classroom. By having a district-mandated list of books, English classes allow for the more well-rounded student, less distraction from the discussion topic, more appropriate topics, and a more equal distribution of education among students. Though some may apprehend that it’s too late to change the school system and it might ruin students’ views of school, as Franklin D. Roosevelt once said," The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."</p>