I am Avery Thompson, a sophomore student-athlete here at the University of Maryland. I am double majoring in Economics and Communications, looking to become experienced in stock trading.
On the issue of standardized testing, I do not support it. Every person, from a very young age is different; everyone has a certain skill set or has something they are good over others, such as educational subjects, technical skills, or some type of area they excel in. When children go through school and are placed in certain categories based off of a standardized test, that has been created from other people in which they believe a person should know based on where they are at in a specific stage of schooling, does not accurately express how people are and where they should be. There is at least one subject that a student does not excel as much as he/she does in another and some students know what they want to do early. So I do not believe standardized testing should be given to all students based on what stage they are in school.
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