Human Rights at Home and Abroad: Past, Present, and Future

None the less it is important that we decrease the high drop-out rates amongst minorities. If we
were to decrease these high drop-out rates amongst minorities there would be more professional people.
The number of people who suffers from poverty would also be decreased. Lastly, we would have a
smarter America.
The first step in decreasing minority drop-out rates is to develop and create better teachers. I
believe that my teachers that worked at my high school were a few of the best teachers in the world
because they had close relationships with the students. Going to school knowing you had teachers who
cared meant a lot to me. There were times in my life where I wanted to quit, but always had a teacher to
influence me to do better. My teachers impacted my life so much I decided that I wanted to major in
Education to become a teacher. I attended a boarding school in Philadelphia. This school was best
described as ―not the best school, but a school where a lot of the students had potential.‖ I came to the
conclusion that most of the inner city schools‘ students probably share that same concept. During an
academic school year we are around our teachers and peers more than we are around our parents. School
is a big part of all of our lives. Just one person coming into the classroom with a negative attitude can
affect many people. Negative energy is contagious. You can always notice when a person does not care. It
is important that our teachers come to school with positive attitudes. If teachers develop unity with their
students than students would began to develop trust in their teachers. Students would try to achieve the
higher expectations that teachers set because they would truly believe that teachers actually care.
It is important that the teachers and students develop unity. Teachers should get to know the
students and vice versa the students should get to know the teachers. You tend to have respect for a
person you care and have personal ties to. I believe that schools should have clean up days. During these
clean up days the students and teachers would get together and clean, paint lockers, and plant gardens
outside the school‘s grounds. During these days teachers would be interacting with students and getting to
know more about them. When a teacher knows what students are interested they would be able to relate
their academic curriculum towards their students‘ interest. Relating the academic curriculum to students
would allow students to be more interested in school.
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