I nte r nati o nal e n g LI s h lan g uag e testi n g syste m

Arguments over how to best improve education systems have been going on since 

the practice of teaching began.  

The idea that young students should be allowed to 

openly criticize their teachers in an effort to better an education system is con-

sidered preposterous

.  The alternatives of altered school scheduling and teacher 

monitoring through video will be analyzed for viability.

Firstly, modified school scheduling would promote educational benefits in a way 

that openly criticizing could not.  For example, many Scandinavian school boards run 

education systems that take periodic three-week breaks throughout the academic 

year instead of an extended two-month break at summertime.  Overall, students 

have just as much holiday time as their peers in traditional school arrangements, 

but there is not such a long, education-deterring break at summer, and this allows 

students to mentally retain more of their studies.  This example is clearly a more 

plausible alternative to the argument that students should be allowed to criticize 

their teachers.

In addition to this, schools should consider videotaping classes to both monitor 

teacher performance and student conduct.  For instance, I once taught at a school