Education

If not for education, my blogs today may not sound nearly as intelligent as they are. I am grateful for my education, particularly because I go to an excellent school. However, the education system as a whole is horribly flawed in America, and most people know this. The faults lie in many places.

First of all, and most importantly, is the failure of the school system to attract those of the lower class. This creates the cycle of poverty that leads to the rise of gangs and other delinquent organizations. The overall mindset is that of short-term gratification: a lower-class adolescent can make $300 selling drugs, or can go to school and make nothing. However, this is not just the school system's fault. Because their parents are not around, these teenagers have no reason to see benefit in going to school. Thus, the cycle of poverty continues.

Secondly, several failed attempts have occurred in the school system to help those academically challenged.  The Bush Administration's No Child Left Behind Act is a colossal failure, as I have experienced. It is a meager attempt. Currently, teachers teach so as that students can complete standardized tests, work minimally, and be uncreative. This could only create a society of mechanical drones suitable for factory labor. I left the public school system because it had become so boring and dull that I could no longer be challenged. By leaving the intelligent as outcasts, the system promotes bullying and hostility towards those who excel in school. As stated, acts to solve education have been mammoth wastes of time and money.

Thirdly, parental interference has wrecked student performance. Because of so-called "helicopter parenting," students have become lazier while homework has increased. Many adults would remember obtaining jobs during high school, a feat that is now nearly impossible due to increased homework loads on the behalf of parents insisting that their children be prepared for college. Unfortunately, because these parents do their children's homework for them, students are still unprepared for college stresses. The government cannot solve this; it must be a general societal change. Parents must cease to "oversee" projects and "help" with homework just to see their children excel by way of an overall meaningless number. When parents help cheat, that is exactly what a grade means.

Finally, teachers as a whole are not as successful as they were before. In my opinion, this only means that teacher standards need to be adjusted to prevent student boredom. School should be interesting. Children hate school because it takes away time for them to do things they would rather do, especially by doling out homework. If a child hates school, then he or she probably will pay less attention and therefore suffer poorer grades. Capturing attention and causing interest should be one of the main things schools look for in teachers.

There are a few more things that I would like to say about the school system as a whole, but they may be  offensive to the few followers I have. If you would like to hear these caustic comments, I would like a general consensus from my followers. I will attach them to my next blog.

- The Inspective Nudibranch

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