Fixing Education

[Davidthegoliath]

I have a nephew and 2 nieces that grew up in AZ and when I talk to them or play with them their grammar and math skills are NOTICEABLE worse than kids back in CT. I'm finding out from my sister that these schools are focusing on these subjects too. I don't know what's normal but my 7 year old niece brought home a math test she took with at least 20 problems on it and it was only addition of two single digit numbers totaling to either 3 or 4... it blew my mind! My 13 year old nephew regularly is slow with single digit addition and he gets it wrong sometimes too! I swear something isn't right about the schools here. I'm thinking of tutoring them for an hour a day each just to get them to a respectable level of education.

Oh and it doesn't help the student when tests regularly have spelling and grammar errors... AND EVEN THE NEWSPAPER TOO!

I'm no grammar nazi but I think I've found hell for one.