Education in America... Here's to the Not So Educated!
BREAKING NEWS! Another high school students drops out.
If this came across Channel 2 Action News every time it happened, we’d all throw our TV’s out the window… Literally. One high school student drops out every twenty six seconds and none of those kids can even count that high.
“One… Two… Three… uh, what comes next?”
But, it’s not their fault. School is too stressful. Teachers are mean. School is dumb.
The real problem is that people are lazy.
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
Yeah, going out the door.
Why try when you can live with mom and dad for the rest of your life? They have enough money to financially support you. They’ll bring you breakfast, lunch, and dinner and you’ll never have to work. That’s living the dream.
“The average student does less than one hour of homework at average at all grade levels.”
It spells laziness… if it could spell.
But that’s not the only problem…
The government is ruining education, too.
NCLB, No Child Left Behind has many fingers being pointed at it right now. Many say that ‘No Child Left Behind’ is the reason that education is so messed up these days. The NCLB controls what we’re taught, how we’re taught it, how money is spent, all the 5 million tests we take, and etc. Critics say that it’s a “one-size-fits-all” system. They say it focuses too much on testing, I’ll vouch for that.
Let’s just say, because of it, children are indeed being left behind.
Others say that the teacher’s union is the cause of this “crisis”. The teacher’s union blocks reforms that allow the education system to improve. They focus on the teachers rather than the students. Focus on us!
According to the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) the US ranks seventeenth in student literacy. I hope that everyone can read this. How come we can win a bunch of gold in the Olympics, but some of us can’t even read the word gold?
Another thing is the safety and discipline at school.
Well today, a fight broke out in the cafeteria… And the day before… And the day before… And, well you get the point.
Feeling safe in school doesn’t come easy anymore. Actually, it doesn’t really come at all. Safety and discipline is a big issue in school these days. A lot if the kids just don’t care what happens to them, so why not punch that girl that called my skirt ugly in the face? She deserved it and so what if I get ISS?
I guess you could say that education in America could be worse, but what do you expect? We have high crime rate, corrupt government, and we breed people like Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus. It’s a recipe for disaster, but all kidding aside, let’s fix it.