Comments on: American Education System Sucks?

By: professorx619

professorx619 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:53:56 +0000

I agree that the american education system sucks a big one … but youre also missing the whole part about the parents being completely nonchalant about their kids. and of course, the legal issues with beating your kids now to make them shape up (on both the side of the parents and the educators). vicious cycle: these kids will turn out like their parents raising even more ignorant kids etc etc…

By: Sudeep Bhaumick

Sudeep Bhaumick — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:31:09 +0000

I don’t think it is just the American education system… my personal opinion is that the phenomenon is global…

The human kind seems to have made a fatal mistake of choosing competition over cooperation in the way we deal with others of our own species and the environment at large.

I feel that social behavior is to a large extent an acquired trait and the education systems around the world sorely lack the correct perspective…

We don’t need more PhDs and Masters of Highly Specialized Subjects. What the human kind today is in dire need of, is a generation of humans who are educated thoroughly at what it is to be a “human”.

By: John S.

John S. — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:03:23 +0000

America’s public schools have become nothing more than day-care centers for grades 1 through 12.

I taught 31 years from 19 73 through 2005; I took one year off to explore another job, but found teaching was my avocation.

I witnessed the dumbing down of the public education system during those years; fought it every step of the way and lost at almost every turn.

NCLB is a system to indoctrinate, not educate.

All I can say about the current state of public education is…Duh!

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:14:42 +0000

First thing is stop calling high school students kids and children. A 6’2 240lb middle line backer for the team is not a “child”. I’ve always liked “young adult”, but no one likes that one. What’s to be done? I’m 63 and a retired school teacher. Back in the day students didn’t have “rights”, if we screwed up we went home and the greater number of us met a WW2 vet as “Dad”. You want to stand up to a combat vet? Today you met a lawyer, court time an angry mommy whos “baby” didn’t do it. You hear it every day, the “young adult” who just killed 6 people, and his mommy saying “he’s a good boy”. Answers? Oh, I’ve got ‘em but no would like to hear them. Have nice day.