Educational Rant
Greetings one last time from the bowels of southwest Georgia…
I noticed most of the recent entries have been a bit shallow, so I thought I’d write about something of worth.
Let’s talk about the state of education in America.
The topic isn’t so random, as I have finally started packing, I was rifling under my bed and found my high school diploma. It was covered in dust. I marveled at how easy it was to get, and how some people think it’s a great accomplishment to finish high school. Is it just me, or has America placed education at the bottom of our priority list?
I was also watching PBS kids today (shut up), and a lot of the shows mentioned that they were funded by the “no child left behind” foundation.
I thought that was a bit odd as PBS usually has strong enough funding, but if the government thinks that backing an already supported program is going to help with education any more, then I think they’re mistaken.
Yes shows on PBS are beneficial to child development, but why would you give such a program millions of dollars when there are school systems that are lacking behind the “national standard” because of lack of funding? Wouldn’t money be better appreciated in an area where the books are decades old or where they don’t have access to computers or things of that sort?
Shouldn’t the fund be used to recruit and train more teachers so they may be better able to handle today’s children?
Can’t the money be used to provide computers, projectors and other electronic equipment to districts that lack the funding to buy their own?
Supposedly the program is addressing these concerns, but locally, the only thing I’ve heard about public education is that one school has been deemed unsafe for children, another’s didn’t meet the standardized testing minimum, and still another has had countless sexual abuse charges.
On the other hand, affluent public schools are getting new campuses built, state of the art equipment, and even over zealous athletic funding.
Is it just me, or is something unbalanced?
To me it sounds like a padding program that does nothing as a whole, at least not for the schools that actually need assistance.
I think a lot can be solved by revamping the educational system so that it is more effective and able to produce students that are competitive with those of other countries.
Take Japan. Their educational curriculum is rigorous, thorough, and perhaps stressful, but look at how successful the country is! Look at how much money they generate! When taking into account the population and the GNP, they produce almost as much as America does! They are so much better off economically because the people who are going into the workforce are prepared to handle the current situation and improve upon it.
I think that’s what makes me so annoyed about some bp people…everyone says they’re a rapper, or a producer or whatever but how many of those exist in the world? I know that may be your passion, but must you make it your life? Pursue something that will help everyone, get a degree! Learn a vocational trade! What are the odds that you’ll make it big and what are the odds that you can make a difference by helping others? Every little bit helps!
I think most people are never encouraged in anything other than being mediocre. How can someone graduate from an inner city, under funded school that seems to be abandoned by our “no child left behind” government, and want to be anything other than what they see?
Most students at underfunded schools don’t get encouraged in math, or science, or even English. Some graduate from high school without even knowing how to write a paper! That’s ridiculous! My mother was a product of that group, but she always had a drive to be successful. Even still though even she said didn’t have to write a paper until graduate school. GRADUATE SCHOOL?! I WAS WRITING THEM IN THE SECOND GRADE!
Let’s lift up the race, let’s lift up the country! LET’S LIFT UP THE WORLD!!! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Freeedoooooooom! *pumps fist in the air*
Let me stop…