RE: Dumbing Down of America
January 22, 2016 at 2:57 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2016 at 2:59 pm by Alex K.)
(January 22, 2016 at 2:44 pm)Cecelia Wrote: It's a private school, to no surprise. Many private schools teach what they want and how they want (which is one of many reasons why we shouldn't have vouchers imo). This is inevitably what will happen if we privatize all schools. We'll get Wal-Mart schools that don't teach anything except what the parents want, and give grades based on how much you pay.
I think our education system is pretty good, if a bit underfunded and a bit understaffed. It's sad that we don't put as much into it as we should. Children are our future. Today's students are tomorrow's doctors, scientists, lawyers, and programmers. More importantly they're tomorrow's voters. I'd say America isn't dumbing down so much, as some people are trying to avoid progress in the name of maintaining their values and belief systems.
I have a US High School diploma as well as my local one, and in my opinion the US system is ok in principle - but (and that's a big but)
- iirc funding is largely based on taxes from the community or county ( locally anyways) and while some districts are fine, others are brutally underfunded because of that. This creates a vicious circle for some poor counties.
- My school was supposed to be the one with the highest academic level in the area, and while there were great teachers, overall teacher quality varied too much. For every truly excellent teacher I can name a bona fide idiot, and even some of my AP classes were taught by people who did not know the subject well enough.
-School boards have an insane amount of power over teachers
- Teacher pay is pretty lousy, and hence you get few for the job who excel academically.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
