Education in America
July 27, 2013 at 2:00 pm
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2013 at 2:01 pm by Nightfoot92.)
America is falling behind in terms of just about everything. We are number one in largest debt owed by a country. Our school system is falling apart and the average grade is now a c where as it used to be a b+ just back in the 1990s. I believe the root of the problem is not the lack of good school materials and funding (although that is a problem). Rather, I believe it is in this culture that we have established in America. A culture where people who think about things in depth and are interested in the areas of science and math are labeled as "nerds" and must be shunned. The reason why people do not care as much about school anymore is because of social status; because it is not socially rewarding to be a scholar. If we are to fix education in America, we must attack the root cause, not a byproduct of it. Thoughts on the subject?
