possible essay topic...

I just read the reading assignments that are due for class on thursday, and after finishing the piece written by Theodore R. Sizer, I think I have stumbled across a possible topic for my essay. It is within this passage, that I have highlighted the FIRST words ever in any of my texts in my college career so far. Sizer refers to how schools basically aren't teaching much of anything and kids just "take subjects." The statement I highlighted is, "Mark, then, is known a little bit by a number of people, each of whom sees him in one specialized situation. No one may know him as a 'whole person'---unless he becomes a special problem or has special needs." This is so true and it reflects my earlier idea in class that students should be taught extensively in each subject, maybe even individually. This is what I want to concentrate my paper on: how highschool's aren't really "teaching" and that learning should be more individually based and in one main desired area. That would probably prove to have the best results for a student to become truly "educated."