Well I had a lot of fun through this whole blogging experience. The topic I choose was one I am very passionate about, No Child Left Behind. When I started my blog I saw the No Child Left Behind act as simple a bad idea but now I feel I hate it with a passion. I have learned a lot about the accountability system. My favorite article that I read was the one that compares this accountability system to a golf course and its golfers, I found it to be quite funny. I have also learned about what punishments the schools that do not meet AYP must face. Schools have to dump a lot of time and resources into students that don’t even care about school. Worst of all as I stated in my last post talented students are being left behind. AP programs that would once challenge a gifted student are being stripped away, leaving the gifted student feeling like he is trapped in a cage. I really hope our new President does something about this law. I don’t feel the act needs to be stripped away all together I just feel that some vast changes need to be made. I feel the basics are important but I do not feel that they should be pushed just for some dumb score. I don’t have all the answers to fix this program, I wish I did, and even if I did I do not think they would help. I guess we will all just have to stick it out until 2014, and when many schools are still under the AYP we can all have a good laugh at how pathetic this act really was. I can sum up everything I have learned from writing this blog in six words, I hate No Child Left Behind.

Well to have a final word other than how I feel about No Child Left Behind I will say that I really enjoyed this project. I didn’t early on but later I got into it, maybe that’s because I got more passionate about what I was writing about. I thank every one who took time to read my posts, taking that time really gives this project some life, it makes it feel important. In the end I hope you have all learned a little bit about your own educational topics as well as my No Child Left Behind. For any of those who are a big fan of this act I hope I have not offended you too much.

Thank you,

Andrew Augustin

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