Education is delivered through an institution that creates a difficult environment to perform well in. The high expectations that some parents and political groups set ads to already existing high pressures for students to meet. Starting formal schooling at the age of five in hopes of achieving greater academic successes increases the pressures placed on children to conform at a younger age. This process is believed to deprive the necessary skills that are attained in …
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…not politicians push for similar initiatives for accountability and votes. Where politics and policy dominates the institution of education it often disregards who it is developed for. In the realm of global competition and an economic enhancement increased brain power is the goal that a country encapsulates. Educators are put in the position of dictating the policies set out by politicians, addressing parent concerns and still looking out for the well being of the children.