Education is bad!

[popeyespappy]

The problem with the us education system, other than the repugnantcunts, isn't the amount of funding the schools receive. The problem is the poverty a large percentage of the children are afflicted with. If you only count the scores from the schools with less than 10% of the kids under the poverty line the us goes from 29th overall in education all the way to second.

I always wonder why no one ever puts any blame on the fucking students?

I've seen studies that up to 4th grade US students are the equivalent of any students anywhere. It is after that, call it age 11 or so, that they begin to fall by the wayside. Could it be that the problem is more cultural than we would like to believe?

Oh it's the students alright, but the fault isn't theirs alone. It's hard to learn when you are hungry. Plus as the kids get older many of them become disruptive which makes it hard on everyone involved. I put most of the blame on the parents, but once again it isn't all their fault. You can't help your kid with their math homework if you don't understand the math yourself. They could however contribute to making the kids behave.

A few years ago they started a community involvement program at one of the local poorly performing elementary schools. Parents and other interested adults started interacting with the kids after school helping with homework and other extracurricular activities. Some of the local large businesses were even giving employees paid time off to participate in the program. Test scores improved right away. In just a few years the school went from one of the lowest performing to one of the highest.