NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

The more that I learn about the NCLB Act, the more frustrated I feel with our education system, and the more upset I get at our government! What were they thinking? How could they do that? How could they pass a bill without thinking about the consequences, and without giving enough funds to school districts?
I don’t know, I feel sad everythime I think about it, and it is discouraging for future teachers. Even though I have the desire to teach, I keep thinking “What am I getting into?” It is going to be a hard road; teachers now have a huge responsibility, but they have limited funding, resources, and support.
Another thing that worries me is that I do not like or agree with many aspects of the NCLB, but as a teacher, I am going to have to follow those politcies anyway if I don’t want to be fired. For example, I do not agree with measuring the quality of schools’ performance based only on students’ testing because there are so many factors that affect those scores, and schools with higher scores are not necessarily the best ones.
The worst part about the Act is that it punishes schools that do not meet its standards. So what happens with these schools? I think the government is supposed to take over, but how are they going to fix things? It seems like the situation in these schools would just get worse. What our government needs to do is fund the NCLB so that schools can invest more in training teachers, buying technology, developing programs for students and teachers, etc. Moreover, I think the NCLB needs to be revised and redone, hopefully by educators and school administrators; this is such an important legislation because we are educating American citizens, so it has to be wellthought and carefully developed.