The best way for students to get real world experience is to be in the real-world.

Student Engagement has been a popular issue to debate over the years. There are arguments on many sides. We have teachers, parents and researchers who believe in a strong teacher-driven approach and others who believe education needs to be student-centered. There are also those who believe it needs to be a combination of both.

But...that's what the adults in the school system believe. What about our students? Do our students have expectations of what they should learn in school or are they just used to getting told what to do day in and day out? When our students have, for good reason, a low expectation of their school, we have failed.

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