Hi, my name is Zaid Shahzad. I am 16 years old, live in the United States, and want to make a change.

I have not been a victim of a school shooting yet and don't plan to be. 

First, the education system put in place is flawed, dated, and is an EXTREME danger that can cause mental health issues, stress, bullying, and school shootings.

Let me give you the rundown of how our current education system works

You sit in a classroom for about 80-95% of your day begging to leave, wanting the day to be over, thinking about the new Call Of Duty that came out and wanting to play it but being forced to learn something that you don't want to or don't support.

When you get called upon and don't know the answer but you try your best to logically answer it and you get it wrong but your classmates make fun of you. This is why we avoid eye contact with our teachers to not get called upon.

"Not everyone wants to pursue a career in biology."

How can this affect us as children?

Many teenagers, children come to school to LEARN. They do not come here to be treated like prisoners to learn something they don't want to and then cause them more anxiety, stress, or even depression which likely 99% of them don't know how to deal with.

In the current school system, many kids want to do what they enjoy (for example, wanting to be in the film industry) but they cannot, due to them being forced on one schedule given to them dependent on how many A's they collected. This causes the teenager or child to shut down and just want to give up.

Let me ask you a few questions?

How do you expect us to complete so much work without teaching us the time management skills to deal with it?

In school, we are controlled by bells, we learn in rooms with the feng shui of a prison cell, we have to ASK PERMISSION to relieve bodily functions, we get bullied on how we look, act, or speak.                                                                     

How does this not relate to school being the most "Six Cruel Hours Of Our Lives"?

Why does a test determine our future?

My Opinion:

We need to change our education system to make sure that it impacts the kid in a positive way where it brings out their gifts instead of feeding them facts.

I wrote this for a change, we need it, this can potentially save our school system which can definitely stop school shootings, decrease mental health issues, decrease stress, and increase positivity among parents, students, teachers, and staff members that work for the school.

Please sign this petition and let's get started with the change of our dated and flawed school system.

A video that influenced me about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PsLRgEYf9E&t=89s