The Future of High School

             I believe that high schools in 2035 will be very similar, if not the same, as high schools today. Yes high schoolers will have more advanced technology at their disposal, but most of it would be too expensive for everyday high schools to be able to afford. Private high schools may be able to purchase some of these new devices and machines, like Pilibos has done with the Smart Boards, but if they would be willing to is another question. Teachers of 2035 would be raised in the technological age, and thus would be able to utilize these new gadgets, but regular public schools would never be able to afford them unfortunately due to underfunding. Students of 2035 will still be using paper textbooks, notebooks and pencils. It will not take twenty years for the American public education schooling system to reform. It would likely take several generations until public schools are given more attention and funding from the federal government. Students of 2035 would most probably have similar reading lists to the ones we have today unless a literary masterpiece is released within the next two decades. I can not imagine myself as a teacher, as teaching is not my passion. It takes a special type of person to be able to teach young people; someone who is completely selfless, patient and unfortunately unappreciated. There are many bad teachers, but they serve as a contrast to the rare breed of amazing teachers that mold the minds of young students, and these teachers make a true difference.