Fernanda Mendoza
Period 4
February 12, 2014
Argumentative Essay
Charter schools are not the solution to the education system.
The admission on Charter Schools has caused a big controversy in the United States of America. The altercation on this situation is based on Public schools versus Charter schools. Charter schools are being introduced to the people in documentaries, newspapers, television (news) etc. Since Charter schools are trying to advertise their ability of having a good affect on academic abilities, many parents believe that charter schools should take over the education system. However, if Charter schools were such a good sport to the education system, many of them would have been already implemented throughout the United States. Public schools are way more beneficial to all students than charter schools because, they don’t make families go through so much hassle. Although many school reformers believe Charter schools will save education, it does not mean that they will succeed because, their cost is inordinately high. Charter schools are not a good solution to the American education system.
Reformers and many families have hope that Charter schools will save education. Even though Public schools may not have such an extravagant effect on a student’s education, a student should never depend his/her education on anything or anybody. Charter schools have an annual raffle, any student has the chance to get a raffle ticket and participate. (Waiting For Superman 2010.) This annual raffle is a very unjustified act. Students with very different views on academics enter the raffle, hoping they’ll get chosen. The annual raffle is unfair to the students that actually have high expectations of their education. An overachieving student may enter the raffle, and a student that has lower academic exactions could get chosen instead. Charter schools are electing students by a raffle ticket, not by their academic abilities which is very amateur act. If...