Persuasive Essay

Graduation is the ceremony of conferring degrees or diplomas. When graduating most often do people think of the graduation of high school or college. When graduating high school it is a student’s biggest accomplishment of their life so far. What person has the ranking or responsibility to determine whether a student gets to graduate or not? In today’s society students must pass all standard curriculum test in order to receive a diploma. There are benefits and let downs in this situation across schools. Ever since kids were put in school, testing became second nature. Every year from elementary school all the way to high school, student’s are required to take a test that evaluates the progression of their learning abilities in order to move on to the next grade level. More so in high schools do grades also set back the student. When becoming a freshman in high school, factors of requirements are made in order to graduate. Requirements set to graduate are such as: passing all of AIMS Test, passing all required classes and passing all required credits by the end of senior year. In these requirements passing the AIMS Test seems to be crucial and people argue whether or not it should be a requirement in order to graduate. Students are given time to prepare themselves as best as they can to pass this required test. Teachers prepare in class; teachers have after class tutoring sessions and students can take it upon them selves to study and prepare to pass. The only thing setting some students back from passing the test are each person’s ability to learn. Everyone one is born with their own state of mind. Some are fortunate to be excellent in school and it comes very easily to them; where other students may have a slower learning process and school can be their greatest set back. When told to everyone student that passing a standardize state test to graduate is required not everyone is capable of taking the test. Standardize state testing should not be required in order to receive a