Shaking Up America's Education System
Posted: 12/28/2012 12:09 pm
At 17 years old, Nikhil Goyal is shaking up America's education system. Goyal is a senior at Syosset High School, a public school in New York. While most high school students focus on athletics, academics and socializing, Goyal aims to transform the American education system.
Goyal's book, "One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student's Assessment of School," describes the flaws within America's education system and provides solutions to fix the present challenges. He explains the importance of finding progressive leaders to transform our nation's education system.
"Everybody is born with inanimate curiosities," Goyal said. "It's a school's job to cultivate them and not to kill them. There is a high level of dissatisfaction within our education system since schools never allow students to cultivate what they are good at."
Goyal encourages students to get involved in the education movement by writing about their personal experiences within the classroom by creating a blog. He describes the importance of bl