First Presentation

The group entitled Freshman Seminar 2014’s research topic was titled “Education Is Not Preparation For Life; Education Is Life Itself”. They started by trying to solve the issue of the poor educational systems in the Washington, D.C. area. They explained why D.C. had lower graduation rates and some of the reasons are: low income, inferior Facilities, Low Teacher/Principal Salary, and Demographics. Most of the schools around the D.C. area were thriving while the inner city schools were not. They later went on to try to see what we can do to raise the graduation rate because the discrepancy was almost unreal. They came to the conclusion that if we put more money into the D.C. schools by building better facilities and pay the teachers more than we could build a better learning environment for all which would in turn make the students become more willing to learn.