ernest green, one of the little rock nine, here with us now. [ applause ] it s pretty amazing that you can inspire that sort of reaction from a crowd of young people who were born so far after these events. who were, in fact, this week i will be back in little rock. there are eight of us who are still alive. and we re recognizing the city of little rock is recognizing the 25th of september, the date that president eisenhower sent in the 101st airborne to escort us into the school. so it s amazing.
are not interested in education. i attend the fashion industries and my school mostly prepares us for college readiness and career readiness, but my solution is what about the kids who don t want to take the educational route where they go straight to college and they want a career. like i feel like there should be more options for those kids. i don t want people to forget about the kids. you ve addressed this issue. what s your response sh. one of the most important things is we have to understand any kids have so many different abilities and desires. we have to not pigeonhole them into a traditional path. not every kid should go to college and there should be so many different options. we shouldn t be inat this gaiting vocational schools. allowing people to live their dreams. the question i like to pose, how can we make school the best hours of a kid s day. how can we make kids love going to school? that s when we know the system is finally working, when they
middle school in as an author, what are some solutions you have to what we ve discussed here today? a major thing for students in middle school is goal-setting. that was one thing that really helped me. being able to set goals and know where you re headed for and no what you re trying to accomplish in school is a good thing. i know i have four siblings. my family is very busy. and we re on a very tight schedule. me knowing like when i have to get my homework done, when i m going to do sports was definitely a thing for me. goal-setting is a definite thing. great. thank you very much. scheduling, that s something we heard from the panel earlier, it s key for students to be on a predictable schedule. i read his book last night to my daughter who is starting middle school. luke, you ve got some folks with you over there. i m here with alex and ryan. alex wants to talk about an interesting program run by the
world that s expanding out there is very broad picture. i got to say, for you to characterize in part your activism as moving beyond your comfort zone has got to be the understatement of the century. all of us are in debt to what you and your colleagues made a choice to do and you re a testament to the fact that no matter how bleak a system looks, can be changed and it be changed by the young people who are part of it. up next our students ideas for solutions. stay with us. [ applause ] i attend the school of computer animation and design. i m in the ninth grade. i think that a big problem in schools today is that classes aren t engaged in the solution i have for that is teachers should put some pizzazz in their presentations. put animations on a power point. have games in class. more experiments in science.
particularly this issue about uncertainty. you were both talking about empathy. you all you were angie, you were at the dnc talking about the importance of community colleges and of colleges. how does the student loan question impact the kind of choices that you make as a young person thinking about higher education. it s a major impact for it. because i have students in my college and i m constantly surrounded by that this affects 100%. it affects whether they go to school or whether they decide i can t afford school. i ll have to take up a regular job somewhere else. i won t be able to go on and reach that goal that i have to get my education. that is a major impact. when individuals see this, they need to take the students lives into consideration because these are our lives. and the fact that we can t reach our goals because we can t pay for school is horrible. feels like there is something