Are American public schools that bad?

[Ascer]

I've recently watched some videos about american public schools on youtube, in these videos they said that public schools indoctrinate children, they make them stupid, they teach useless things like maths and do not teach things that you need in life, THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL, and a lot of bad things...and even all of the people that commented were of the same opinion.

Well, I think that maths is very useful because you can't go to any scientific university major without knowing basic maths (and with basic I mean until infinitesimal calculus), managing a bank account can be taught by your father, but are all the other things true?

In my country most of the people go to public schools and they're generally good and there's a wide variety of choice, you can pick industrial technician courses, university preparation courses, specialized worker courses, accountant courses...private schools are mostly frequented by rich people who don't want to study, and they teach exactly the same things (this is only for middle-high schools, private universities are generally very good, like the Bocconi in Milan).

[sivispacem]

I don't even understand what you are saying.

[Forty]

 

...THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL...

Where did you hear that? Utter nonsense. They're just regular schools with the courses you'd expect.

 

The problem for America is the drop-out rate is higher than it's ever been. Parents are failing at their jobs and children are growing up more uneducated, lazy and entitled than ever before.

[Kifflom112]

 

I've recently watched some videos about american public schools on youtube, in these videos they said that public schools indoctrinate children, they make them stupid, they teach useless things like maths and do not teach things that you need in life, THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL, and a lot of bad things...and even all of the people that commented were of the same opinion.

Well, I think that maths is very useful because you can't go to any scientific university major without knowing basic maths (and with basic I mean until infinitesimal calculus), managing a bank account can be taught by your father, but are all the other things true?

In my country most of the people go to public schools and they're generally good and there's a wide variety of choice, you can pick industrial technician courses, university preparation courses, specialized worker courses, accountant courses...private schools are mostly frequented by rich people who don't want to study, and they teach exactly the same things (this is only for middle-high schools, private universities are generally very good, like the Bocconi in Milan).

It isn't that, however we do learn some useless material. My sister said she had to learn about 'imaginary numbers'. I'm a little puzzled by that, ha. But, no it isn't that bad. And where did you get that devil garbage from?

[Adler]

 

in these videos they said that public schools indoctrinate children, they make them stupid

Public schools can't even interest children let alone indoctrinate them.

[Forty]

 

My sister said she had to learn about 'imaginary numbers'. I'm a little puzzled by that

 

An imaginary number is a number that can be written as a real number multiplied by the imaginary unit i.

 

The name "imaginary number" was coined in the 17th century as a derogatory term, as such numbers were regarded by some as fictitious or useless, but today they have a variety of essential, concrete applications in science and engineering.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_number

[Ascer]

I've recently watched some videos about american public schools on youtube, in these videos they said that public schools indoctrinate children, they make them stupid, they teach useless things like maths and do not teach things that you need in life, THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL, and a lot of bad things...and even all of the people that commented were of the same opinion.

Well, I think that maths is very useful because you can't go to any scientific university major without knowing basic maths (and with basic I mean until infinitesimal calculus), managing a bank account can be taught by your father, but are all the other things true?

In my country most of the people go to public schools and they're generally good and there's a wide variety of choice, you can pick industrial technician courses, university preparation courses, specialized worker courses, accountant courses...private schools are mostly frequented by rich people who don't want to study, and they teach exactly the same things (this is only for middle-high schools, private universities are generally very good, like the Bocconi in Milan).

It isn't that, however we do learn some useless material. My sister said she had to learn about 'imaginary numbers'. I'm a little puzzled by that, ha. But, no it isn't that bad. And where did you get that devil garbage from?

Well, imaginary numbers are used in electronics, they used to sound funny to me too but they're very "useful". Search "public school satan" on google, I know it's all bullsh*t but, you know, I'm not american so I can't know.

[lil weasel]

Public Schooling is being trashed.

Classes with less than 30 kids.

Classes for 'Special' students, they used to be mixed with regular classes, if they were salvagable. The really useless ones where kept at home. Then some fools decided that Gods mistakes need to be educated in schools even though they had no expectations of real world jobs. Which became baby-sitting at public expense.

 

Teaching worthless subjects.

Telling kids they are stupid, because they can't get into "Magnet" Schools.

Telling kids they are smarter than they are by not 'Grading' them, because test grades might harm their 'self-esteem'.

Requiring kids to take "Standardized Tests", when each school system teach (or stresses) different subjects.

Allowing Computers to 'teach' and having Books that 'bend' education to fit the local bias.

Allowing Religious Dogma to invade the class room.

 

Education should prepare the kid for the WORK environment, not some pie-in-the-sky future office/research job. Have you ever dealt with clerks who couldn't count change without a calculator.

 

An example of the failure is this forum in the spelling/grammer errors common to this forum (including me).

Edited March 3, 2013 by lil weasel

[na89340qv0n34b09q340]

 

I'm not american so I can't know.

Thank Satan! You'd probably ruin our ignus chorum routines anyway.

[GunWrath]

...THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL...

Where did you hear that? Utter nonsense. They're just regular schools with the courses you'd expect.

 

The problem for America is the drop-out rate is higher than it's ever been. Parents are failing at their jobs and children are growing up more uneducated, lazy and entitled than ever before.

Are parents really to blame? or technology? Yes, parents have a hard time dealing with their children these days but that's because the laws are ridiculous considering you can hardly spank your child now without some fear of being in trouble with the law.

 

Then technology, kids nowadays have everything they need at their fingertips. Conversations with friends, games, shopping, pornography, youtube, music, etc. Same for adults..

[Mr.Mister]

Public Schooling is being trashed.

Classes with less than 30 kids.

Teaching worthless subjects.

Telling kids they are stupid, because they can't get into "Magnet" Schools.

Telling kids they are smarter than they are by not 'Grading' them, because test grades reduces their 'self-esteem'.

Requiring kids to take "Standardized Tests", when each school system teach (or stresses) different subjects.

Allowing Computers to 'teach' and having Books that 'bend' education to fit the local bias.

Allowing Religious Dogma to invade the class room.

 

Education should prepare the kid for the WORK environment, not some pie-in-the-sky future office/research job. Have you ever dealt with clerks who couldn't count change without a calculator.

An example here is the spelling/grammer errors common to this forum (including me).

1. It's just not funded enough.

2. This is a bad thing? I had a high school class with 40 people in it once...

3. No subject is worthless.

4. It's enouraged, but no teacher will call you stupid. Wtf?

5. It's the best system we got right now, how would you reform it?

6. Some cases, yes and it does suck, but students need to start being cautious and start giving a damn.

7. Totally agree

[Forty]

 

...THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL...

Where did you hear that? Utter nonsense. They're just regular schools with the courses you'd expect.

 

The problem for America is the drop-out rate is higher than it's ever been. Parents are failing at their jobs and children are growing up more uneducated, lazy and entitled than ever before.

Are parents really to blame? or technology? Yes, parents have a hard time dealing with their children these days but that's because the laws are ridiculous considering you can hardly spank your child now without some fear of being in trouble with the law.

 

Then technology, kids nowadays have everything they need at their fingertips. Conversations with friends, games, shopping, pornography, youtube, music, etc. Same for adults..

Parents are to blame for not educating their children on those things and limiting their exposure to them. Not in a protective sense but in a control sense. You can interact with your child, spend time with them, take them out and teach them valuable life sh*t and not just stick a gaming device or a computer in their face and let them spend hours texting and doing whatever else. Then, when their poorly raised children are in school, those same failed parents expect the teachers to teach their kids and be like second parents/babysitters, but get angry if they feel their sh*tbag little Bobby is being treated unfairly or not being given enough attention.

 

The parents are mostly to blame, yes.

[TheGodDamnMaster]

 

Public Schooling is being trashed.

Classes with less than 30 kids.

Classes for 'Special' students, they used to be mixed with regular classes, if they were salvagable. The really useless ones where kept at home. Then some fools decided that Gods mistakes need to be educated in schools even though they had no expectations of real world jobs. Which became baby-sitting at public expense.

 

Teaching worthless subjects.

Telling kids they are stupid, because they can't get into "Magnet" Schools.

Telling kids they are smarter than they are by not 'Grading' them, because test grades might harm their 'self-esteem'.

Requiring kids to take "Standardized Tests", when each school system teach (or stresses) different subjects.

Allowing Computers to 'teach' and having Books that 'bend' education to fit the local bias.

Allowing Religious Dogma to invade the class room.

 

Education should prepare the kid for the WORK environment, not some pie-in-the-sky future office/research job. Have you ever dealt with clerks who couldn't count change without a calculator.

 

An example of the failure is this forum in the spelling/grammer errors common to this forum (including me).

-Agreed

-Yes

-Some schools have transitional programs that will put sped students into simple jobs.

-Somewhat agree. They should limit the amount of electives you can take.

-Never heard that before. I was offered to go to one when I was young, but I declined.

-True. They should create tests at every school, written-up by teachers and other faculty.

-Nothing wrong with utilizing computers, other than the fact that the privilege is abused by students to go on facebook and other sites.

-Never seen that. "One nation under God" is the worst I've heard.

 

I completely agree about not being prepared for the work environment. I wasn't taught anything about taxes, economics, mortgages and other important concepts that I will be required to know when I buy a house and have a family. It feels awful to lack such essential information.

 

If you really want to see how bad public schools are here, look no further:

 

 

Edited March 3, 2013 by whatsstrength

[Sgt. Foley]

Well, the kids are bad. The teachers are pretty good. The kids are always trashy (most of them) and it's horrible.

[GunWrath]

...THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL...

Where did you hear that? Utter nonsense. They're just regular schools with the courses you'd expect.

 

The problem for America is the drop-out rate is higher than it's ever been. Parents are failing at their jobs and children are growing up more uneducated, lazy and entitled than ever before.

Are parents really to blame? or technology? Yes, parents have a hard time dealing with their children these days but that's because the laws are ridiculous considering you can hardly spank your child now without some fear of being in trouble with the law.

 

Then technology, kids nowadays have everything they need at their fingertips. Conversations with friends, games, shopping, pornography, youtube, music, etc. Same for adults..

Parents are to blame for not educating their children on those things and limiting their exposure to them. Not in a protective sense but in a control sense. You can interact with your child, spend time with them, take them out and teach them valuable life sh*t and not just stick a gaming device or a computer in their face and let them spend hours texting and doing whatever else. Then, when their poorly raised children are in school, those same failed parents expect the teachers to teach their kids and be like second parents/babysitters, but get angry if they feel their sh*tbag little Bobby is being treated unfairly or not being given enough attention.

 

The parents are mostly to blame, yes.

I disagree. Parents can try and educate their kids as much as they want but it's up to the kid whether or not to listen or obtain the education. No matter how much you limit exposure to anything, exposure still happens. I teach my son the ways of life and valuable sh*t but because he's more prone to playing than looking at a Dr. Seuss book means I'm failing as a parent? No, it's what he rather play with. How can I control that part of his life? He knows right from wrong, when he's about to do something bad and so on.

 

When he hits the age to go into school and later in a more mature role as middle-school and High School, I won't expect them to teach but simply put up with them until the next grade. You can't force your child to live life like you wanted or how you want them. It's up to them, all you can do is hope that you've shown them right way and that they want to do excel wherever they are. I would absolutely hold my teachers accountable for said things, like calling a student stupid, ignorant, etc. That's not up to the teacher to decide, it's up to them to educate no matter their literacy level or comprehension levels. That is why they're paid to educate. Now if a student is being a nuisance or an immature little prick and causing chaos among the class, then by all means.. do whatever they need to rectify the situation. But it's not a child's fault for not being as bright as the next student. It's certainly not the parents fault either.. some people mature, think and process things far differently than others.

 

You must have no children or simply had abusive parents to even speak of such things.

[Forty]

 

...THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL...

Where did you hear that? Utter nonsense. They're just regular schools with the courses you'd expect.

 

The problem for America is the drop-out rate is higher than it's ever been. Parents are failing at their jobs and children are growing up more uneducated, lazy and entitled than ever before.

Are parents really to blame? or technology? Yes, parents have a hard time dealing with their children these days but that's because the laws are ridiculous considering you can hardly spank your child now without some fear of being in trouble with the law.

 

Then technology, kids nowadays have everything they need at their fingertips. Conversations with friends, games, shopping, pornography, youtube, music, etc. Same for adults..

Parents are to blame for not educating their children on those things and limiting their exposure to them. Not in a protective sense but in a control sense. You can interact with your child, spend time with them, take them out and teach them valuable life sh*t and not just stick a gaming device or a computer in their face and let them spend hours texting and doing whatever else. Then, when their poorly raised children are in school, those same failed parents expect the teachers to teach their kids and be like second parents/babysitters, but get angry if they feel their sh*tbag little Bobby is being treated unfairly or not being given enough attention.

 

The parents are mostly to blame, yes.

I disagree. Parents can try and educate their kids as much as they want but it's up to the kid whether or not to listen or obtain the education. No matter how much you limit exposure to anything, exposure still happens. I teach my son the ways of life and valuable sh*t but because he's more prone to playing than looking at a Dr. Seuss book means I'm failing as a parent? No, it's what he rather play with. How can I control that part of his life? He knows right from wrong, when he's about to do something bad and so on.

 

When he hits the age to go into school and later in a more mature role as middle-school and High School, I won't expect them to teach but simply put up with them until the next grade. You can't force your child to live life like you wanted or how you want them. It's up to them, all you can do is hope that you've shown them right way and that they want to do excel wherever they are. I would absolutely hold my teachers accountable for said things, like calling a student stupid, ignorant, etc. That's not up to the teacher to decide, it's up to them to educate no matter their literacy level or comprehension levels. That is why they're paid to educate. Now if a student is being a nuisance or an immature little prick and causing chaos among the class, then by all means.. do whatever they need to rectify the situation. But it's not a child's fault for not being as bright as the next student. It's certainly not the parents fault either.. some people mature, think and process things far differently than others.

 

You must have no children or simply had abusive parents to even speak of such things.

I admit that I cast a fairly wide net in my post, but I think we are talking about different aspects of the discussion. If a teacher were insulting a child or purposely neglecting them for whatever reason, they should absolutely be held accountable. I also understand that kids will grow up to be whomever they want to be, but it is largely the responsibility of the parents to guide them and instill values in them.

 

I feel that many parents today are lazy about their parenting. If you are a parent and are doing a great job, fine, then I wasn't referring to you. However many parents stick a game console or a computer or a smartphone in their kids' hands and leave them be, with less and less interaction and time spent together. They let television and the internet raise their children half the time. I also feel that, too often, teachers are blamed for poor performance by students when it's up to the kids to do their work. Teachers can only do so much, and they are often tasked with a couple hundred kids across several classes. Blame is misappropriated and kids grow up lacking education, class, an appreciation of history and with unrealistic expectations of the world.

 

My parents were great and I was raised in a very positive house. However, I was also expected to do chores, get a job, maintain my grades, and not spend all my time on leisure activities. I see less of this as time goes on.

[Radoonhagaydoon]

Schools are bad everywhere...

 

$$$FACT$$$

 

Ignorant scumbags.

 

-Korin.

[trip]

 

Education should prepare the kid for the WORK environment, not some pie-in-the-sky future office/research job.

It doesn't do that anymore? I did my time in public school and I work...in a work environment.

 

The thing about public schools is they vary so much depending on location and wealth of the area. I went to 3 different public school districts. 1 was very blue collar and the superintendent said to my mother(who was also an educator in that district) "What does it matter. We are only teaching factory workers". That is when/why we moved to another district.

 

The other two public high schools I went to were in very affluent areas. The attitude of everything was different. The quality of the teaching materials was drastically different. sh*t - even for gym class I got to take stuff like cross country skiing and climbing and repelling.

 

All three public high schools I went to they tell us to worship the Devil.

Edited March 4, 2013 by trip

[gtamann123]

It's not the schools that are bad it's the lazy, brain dead students who feel they are entitled to anything they want without putting any effort towards it that makes it look bad. (Coming from someone who has gone to American public schools for almost 14 years now)

[na89340qv0n34b09q340]

It's not the schools that are bad it's the lazy, brain dead students who feel they are entitled to anything they want without putting any effort towards it that makes it look bad.

And it's either the parent's or early-education's job to get students eager to learn. The problem is that one of those two bodies fails at doing it right, and so the students learn to cheat their way through school.

 

 

Personal: I like to think that I was saved by my eighth grade pre-algebra teacher, she took me aside and told me that I had potential, and from then on I at least tried to be a good student.

 

I think it depends on each situation for whether it was the school's or the parent's fault, and schools are doing their best to fix the problem.

[Chaise]

It's not the schools that are bad, it's the lazy students who don't ever study/pay attention to anything, but expect to pass all their classes. They think they can get through life without ever putting forth effort or trying at anything. Not everyone is like this, but at my school at least 40% of the kids here are, and their grades reflect it.

 

Sources: Junior in High School

[GunWrath]

 

...THEY MAKE CHILDREN WORSHIP THE DEVIL...

Where did you hear that? Utter nonsense. They're just regular schools with the courses you'd expect.

 

The problem for America is the drop-out rate is higher than it's ever been. Parents are failing at their jobs and children are growing up more uneducated, lazy and entitled than ever before.

Are parents really to blame? or technology? Yes, parents have a hard time dealing with their children these days but that's because the laws are ridiculous considering you can hardly spank your child now without some fear of being in trouble with the law.

 

Then technology, kids nowadays have everything they need at their fingertips. Conversations with friends, games, shopping, pornography, youtube, music, etc. Same for adults..

Parents are to blame for not educating their children on those things and limiting their exposure to them. Not in a protective sense but in a control sense. You can interact with your child, spend time with them, take them out and teach them valuable life sh*t and not just stick a gaming device or a computer in their face and let them spend hours texting and doing whatever else. Then, when their poorly raised children are in school, those same failed parents expect the teachers to teach their kids and be like second parents/babysitters, but get angry if they feel their sh*tbag little Bobby is being treated unfairly or not being given enough attention.

 

The parents are mostly to blame, yes.

I disagree. Parents can try and educate their kids as much as they want but it's up to the kid whether or not to listen or obtain the education. No matter how much you limit exposure to anything, exposure still happens. I teach my son the ways of life and valuable sh*t but because he's more prone to playing than looking at a Dr. Seuss book means I'm failing as a parent? No, it's what he rather play with. How can I control that part of his life? He knows right from wrong, when he's about to do something bad and so on.

 

When he hits the age to go into school and later in a more mature role as middle-school and High School, I won't expect them to teach but simply put up with them until the next grade. You can't force your child to live life like you wanted or how you want them. It's up to them, all you can do is hope that you've shown them right way and that they want to do excel wherever they are. I would absolutely hold my teachers accountable for said things, like calling a student stupid, ignorant, etc. That's not up to the teacher to decide, it's up to them to educate no matter their literacy level or comprehension levels. That is why they're paid to educate. Now if a student is being a nuisance or an immature little prick and causing chaos among the class, then by all means.. do whatever they need to rectify the situation. But it's not a child's fault for not being as bright as the next student. It's certainly not the parents fault either.. some people mature, think and process things far differently than others.

 

You must have no children or simply had abusive parents to even speak of such things.

I admit that I cast a fairly wide net in my post, but I think we are talking about different aspects of the discussion. If a teacher were insulting a child or purposely neglecting them for whatever reason, they should absolutely be held accountable. I also understand that kids will grow up to be whomever they want to be, but it is largely the responsibility of the parents to guide them and instill values in them.

 

I feel that many parents today are lazy about their parenting. If you are a parent and are doing a great job, fine, then I wasn't referring to you. However many parents stick a game console or a computer or a smartphone in their kids' hands and leave them be, with less and less interaction and time spent together. They let television and the internet raise their children half the time. I also feel that, too often, teachers are blamed for poor performance by students when it's up to the kids to do their work. Teachers can only do so much, and they are often tasked with a couple hundred kids across several classes. Blame is misappropriated and kids grow up lacking education, class, an appreciation of history and with unrealistic expectations of the world.

 

My parents were great and I was raised in a very positive house. However, I was also expected to do chores, get a job, maintain my grades, and not spend all my time on leisure activities. I see less of this as time goes on.

Alright, now I see where you're coming from, I guess that I misinterpreted what you going on about. My apologies.

 

My parents were great and I was raised in a very positive house. However, I was also expected to do chores, get a job, maintain my grades, and not spend all my time on leisure activities. I see less of this as time goes on.

Oh absolutely, I'm southern and was raised that way. But I had consoles growing up, Nintendo, N64 and all that greatness but I always spent more time outside because I was raised that way. Chores was a daily routine before and after school and then my parents would lock the door behind me after school work inorder to "skin my knees" abit rather than sit in front of the television or games.

 

My son is alittle over 2 now.. so he still has a ways to go before we start teaching him more "life" needs but we do our best with what we can. I do agree on the bad parenting by others with how they often throw ice cream at their kids just to keep them quiet or get them out of their hair, along with other objects. Not only that but you also see more and more grandparents having to raise the children rather than the actual mother and father. Sad, especially when both are capable of raising the kid on their own, they just aren't ready for parenthood. There's alot for society to learn and it's only getting worse the more the world ages. Not sure how education or parenting could be turned around at this point.

 

Teachers do get the burden of basically having to hear the sh*t end of the stick, especially from the students parents.. but they do try and work with the students, some just can't be worked with and that's when schools should just let that student go and find means of education else where or wherever they can. Let the students who actually want to learn and grow continue their education. I'm not saying the bad students should be left out.. but if they don't have it by that age, then they probably never will and there really isn't hope for them in public schooling.

Edited March 4, 2013 by GunWrath

[Forty]

 

Oh absolutely, I'm southern and was raised that way.    But I had consoles growing up, Nintendo, N64 and all that greatness but I always spent more time outside because I was raised that way. Chores was a daily routine before and after school and then my parents would lock the door behind me after school work inorder to "skin my knees" abit rather than sit in front of the television or games.

It was the same for me. I had video games and all that, but I preferred playing outside most of the time, riding my bike, f*cking around in the neighborhood with other kids. The internet wasn't a popular thing for most of my childhood. I was a teenager before it was in my house for the first time.

[Clem Fandango]

Classes for 'Special' students, they used to be mixed with regular classes, if they were salvagable. The really useless ones where kept at home. Then some fools decided that Gods mistakes need to be educated in schools even though they had no expectations of real world jobs.

No f*cking way did you just say this.

[gizmo]

Classes for 'Special' students, they used to be mixed with regular classes, if they were salvagable. The really useless ones where kept at home. Then some fools decided that Gods mistakes need to be educated in schools even though they had no expectations of real world jobs.

No f*cking way did you just say this.

i didnt even notice that before. wow, really? are you that much of a bigot?

[018361]

I think American schools are bad. From my personal experience I have seen:

 

• teachers and students became friends, so the teacher always passes them
• bad parenting
• racism against students
• bad condition and infrastructure of schools
• old textbooks
• children have no drive to learn, they only want to f*ck each other and smoke weed all day.
• students are always high
• too many test, not enough teaching
• the test that matter are too easy, you can take a pic of answer sheet with phone and send it to all your classmates
• too little time for assignments, because the state exam is coming up and your class hasn't gotten to the correct chapter of a book because of the slower and illiterate students
• teachers just give up or are in some cases almost tortured by their students and their shenanigans

I feel this has happened for too long and has become part of our culture. I think the only way this could change is if we had a largely influential person such as the president, understand and address these issues and attempt to get the children's parents to realize that they are messing up by putting fun and games before education. Oh and if your kids only want to play games, you do of course realize that you could take said games away and try to do more stuff with them. At the least try to let them know, that education is an important thing and that it can be fun and interesting.

 

 

[trip]

 

Classes for 'Special' students, they used to be mixed with regular classes, if they were salvagable. The really useless ones where kept at home. Then some fools decided that Gods mistakes need to be educated in schools even though they had no expectations of real world jobs.

No f*cking way did you just say this.

i didnt even notice that before. wow, really?are you that much of a bigot?

If you take all of is bumper stickers and place them in a certain order it forms the sentence that has your answer.

[Forty]

Classes for 'Special' students, they used to be mixed with regular classes, if they were salvagable. The really useless ones where kept at home. Then some fools decided that Gods mistakes need to be educated in schools even though they had no expectations of real world jobs.

That's a real piece of sh*t thing to say.

[I<3GTAV]

• teachers and students became friends, so the teacher always passes them.

This happened to my friend. He was friends with the teacher, so if he broke the rules, he wouldn't get into trouble. But if I did the same thing, I would get yelled at.

[Triple Vacuum Seal]

To be honest, "American public schools" is too broad of a label to assess the health of the entire system. The quality of American public schools directly correlate with the affluence of the areas around them. People forget that it's the community that makes a school, not the government.

 

 

"Education" is underfunded in the US, but it's more of a mindset problem than a financial one. Americans need to invest effort, discipline, passion, time, and innovation into our education more so than just money. Though all of these things cost money, the money hardly ever goes in this direction. It generally goes to buying new equipment and placating the powerful teachers unions that complain about having some of the highest teacher salaries in the world. Not to mention the fact that all teachers in America are warned/aware of the salaries ages before getting into the profession.

Edited March 4, 2013 by canttakemyid