As a student studying to be a teacher, I have found myself to be
             concerned and interested how children feel about education and coming to
             school. Being the oldest of four children I have been able to watch and see
             the differences that have been made in schools over the years. My concerns
             first began to surface when I would come home at the end of the day and ask
             my brothers how their day was at school. When asking them this question I
             would often get a short one word answer along the lines of just "good" or
             "fine". But that was not really the part that concerned me the most,
             following asking how their day went I would ask them what they did at
             school that day, and they would respond with "nothing". The first time I
             heard this I was shocked and did not know what to say in response. After
             the first time this happened I decided to continue asking questions. I
             followed with asking detailed questions to really make them think about
             what they did that day. What I started to assume was that the things that
             they are learning or the activities that they are doing are not sticking
             with them. From personal experience I remember that when I was young and in
             school I would be able to give a detailed play-by-play answer when I was
             asked what I did at school that day. So after proposing this question to
             myself I decided to try and determine some underlying reasons as to why it
             seems education has been changing and why it looks as if children have been
             losing interest in education and going to school in general.
             I began to brainstorm reasons as to why this could be happening and
             after a while one of the biggest issues that came to mind was the emphasis
             that the state has placed on state testing and preparing the students for
             these tests. Teachers are taking weeks out of their school year to do
             practice tests, review and prepare for kids to take the tests. When I look
             back on my experiences in sch...