November 9th, 2009
Educational Overhaul? (Part 1)
I realize now that my perceived problems with our educational system cannot be adequately addressed in one blog entry, so this will have to be an ongoing topic. While I lack power to influence and change the situation directly, I hope that my ideas will influence and stimulate others, and in time the faults and shortcomings of our schools will be corrected. Well.. here we go.
In a time when healthcare, foreign wars, collapsing economy, and global warming dominate discussion and politics, America is ignoring what I believe to be the most important issue affecting our future. The education of the future generations, from elementary schools all the way up to the Universities, are substandard and ineffective, and need to be fixed just as much as our healthcare or our economy. Majority of Americans spend between 12 to 20 years in schools, while some go even beyond that. Is all that time in school really that helpful? Child education is mandatory, but is it beneficial?
