Persuasive writing first draft (really bad)

Our education; we’re doomed.

As I am sure the majority will agree; we need a new education secretary. Those who are unfamiliar with who this is, our current secretary is the complete and utter fool, Michael Gove. He was appointed to the position in May 2010 and to be quite honest was probably one of the worst situations parliament has ever made. Michael’s job involves being responsible for the work of the department of education including; early years, adoption and child protection, teachers’ pay, school curriculum, establishment of free schools, and exam systems. For such an idiot to be put in charge of what is the most important thing in this nation that determines the future lives of millions of people is beyond me.

Don’t get me wrong, Michael Gove has done some pretty decent things in his time as education secretary such as increasing the options and provision for children with special needs and improving schools immensely through Ofsted initiatives. But this is no match up to the number of preposterous douche-like decisions he has followed through.

Let’s begin with GCSE’s. This is the system that he has messed with the most. It’s almost as if he wants every single student to drop out of education and give up on life becoming drug addicts’ living in some bed sit with a child that has no food to eat and no clothes to wear. It’s wrong. He needs to stop. All Michael rants on about is “making GCSE’s more challenging”. As if they weren’t challenging enough already! To a student, saying that is the equivalent of him saying “You’re all dumb, so I’m going to make your life a living hell for the next two years”. 

Michael Gove changes his mind too much. I can bet at least 80% of you now don’t even bother researching what’s happening about education, nor even care because of how confusing and stressful it is when this complete imbecile keeps changing every decision he makes every 2 SECONDS.

Originally, when I started GCSE, exams were modular. Modular exams meant that they were spread across the two years. For example, in year 10 you would have some exams/contributing factors in the start of the year, some exams in January, and then some in about June time. I believe it is a relatively good system, and much less stressful than what is called “Linear”. Linear exams are where you take exams at the end of the year. For GCSE this means all exams in year 10 will be taken in the space of two months. Michael keeps changing between these two.
   Not only is it confusing students but it is effecting their motivation and their final grades because they are messed about so often. He makes these changes in the MIDDLE of courses. Do you have any idea how difficult that is?! As I’m sure, those of you who are teachers are fully aware of this matter. On 23^rd August 2012 it was reported that there was the “first fall in GCSE grades in exam’s history”. The results shown that 69.4% of entries earned grades A*-C. However, the year before it was 69.8% A*-C. The proportion of students achieving A*-A grades also plummeted from 23.2% to 22.4%. Does this not prove my point? To some of you, drops such as 0.4% may not sound all that big a deal. Let’s put this into prospective. 100% would be the entire UK population who are taking GCSE’s. This would be thousands and thousands of students. Therefore, a fall in grades at a percentage as low as 0.4%, is actually a difference for hundreds of people. If something isn’t done about this, grades will continue declining; do you really want to see this glorious nation dive into a pool of unemployment, debt and destitution? I thought not.

Some of you may argue that Mr Gove’s changes to this system will make a substantially positive impact on results and will make sure students “earn” the grades and deserve what they achieve. However, most of these people are past the student generation. To those of you amongst those people, I suggest you consider it from someone who’s actually been or going through this, not from some stupid excuse of a man  with corrupt choices and decaying this essential system in the process. People of my age (sixteen - seventeen) in particular have constantly been used as “Gove’s Guinea pigs”. You know what?! It’s not fair. We are HUMAN BEINGS, not animals that you can experiment on whenever you feel like and for us to not be bothered about it. How can you adults out there have such a narrow-minded opinion? Have you ever been through this? No. Do you ever consider who’s being affected? No. You don’t. And you know why? Because it “doesn’t affect you”. You’ve all got your qualifications and life style in full swing, who cares about the youngsters? Well maybe it’s time that you should.

Gove has even spoken about making exams harder for students in state schools and easier for students in private schools, giving the private school students a bigger opportunity to gain the grades they need.  This is legitimate discrimination.  Don’t you see how Michael is in the wrong? Think about it, you’re the ones able to vote. All these helpless teens are suffering, unable to take a stand against malicious, merciless Michael because we don’t have the same power you adults do. You could be the one who stands up to this absurdity.

It’s not only GCSE’s he’s affecting, oh hell no. It’s A-levels. You know, those exams that determine the rest of your life. That determine your career. That determine whether you’ll be working in McDonalds for the rest of your life, or whether you’ll actually make something of your life. No big deal, right? Wrong. Gove’s plans for A-level are a “high risk” and a “huge gamble”. His ‘amazing’, ‘mind blowing’, ‘fabulous’ idea he has for students is to make exams linear. And you know what that means. All exams would be taken at the end of the second year. EVERY SINGLE EXAM. Think about how many exams that is. Probably over 25. In the space of what? 2 months I hear you say? This is where I believe that the education system is being thoroughly decomposed. Not only this, but he is allowing fewer retakes. No pressure fellow students. PHFT. This is all because he believes too many students are achieving top grades A*-A. Oh good lord Michael! There so happens to be some smart people in the world, heaven forbid!

 If that wasn’t enough for your eardrums to burst, and your brains to blow into smithereens, ghastly Gove is planning to get rid, that’s right, GET RID of AS levels entirely and just have the whole 2 year course into one. Now that my friends is just a catastrophe waiting to happen. So, Mr Gove does all of this to make exams harder, YET complains about examination grades falling. Doesn’t that tell you something Michael ? I don’t know about you, but the irony never fails to astonish me.

A weedy reason he used to back up this dire decision for A-level students was to make sure the students that get into university, deserve to and have the “correct, proper material” to be a university student. I’m sorry, but exactly how many students out of tens of thousands actually decide to carry on education through university in today’s modern society? I’ll tell you. Not very many. Surely ‘Mr education man’ would recognise this and appreciate these students who hence forth for further education instead of scrutinising them, putting them off of what they dream to do. It’s nonsense. Shouldn’t he be focussing on getting those who aren’t interested in university, to opt for university? Get your priorities straight Gove. I hope you feel eternally remorseful for all of this. 

Do you want to see students lives going to waste because of this fool? Do you think innocent students deserve to be treated in such appalling, ruinous ways? Want to help get rid of this hard-hearted, wicked, depraved man? Why not sign the online petition to get Mr Govey-Pants sacked, and replaced with a more moral education secretary by simply searching up on Google! There are many of these petitions online. Let’s end this immoral, dissolute running of the system. Let’s deliver some justice to these innocent, hard-working, bright teenagers. Together, let’s take a stand. We need a new education secretary, and we need one NOW.