do you think the American education system is failing the future generations, if so why and how is it failing them?
do you think the American education system is failing the future generations, if so why and how is it failing them?
Is this a homework question?
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I have no idea because I live in another continent, always have, probably always will
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yes and i would love to hear what you all have to say.Originally Posted by papayahed
Well, what are your thoughts on the issue?
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this is part of my essay:
The American education system has declined due to negligence by some of our school officials. Leaving some children left with no future and directly affect the future of America. The declined educational system is not only effecting America as a whole but it is also effecting on the individual basis; leaving those left behind with insufficient skills to face the “real world”. America was once the world lender when it came to technology, service industry, and education, but its overconfidence and lack of insight has caused our great nation to fall behind the rapidly growing world market with regards to education. The parents and the teachers are quick to point the finger at each other but in reality this dilemma is only driving the attention away from the real problem which is the child’s academic life. Only through compromise between the two parties can this problem be resolved.
but i would still love to hear what you have to say about this topic.
Last edited by JaneB; 04-18-2007 at 06:48 PM.
I wrote on an essay on this and posted it in the General Writing thread just yesterday :o
Read "Room of 12 Moons" to get my opinion
without really getting into it, I do think the American public school system is mediocre at best. There is no competition and the teacher's unions prevent any meaningful reform.
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I think the second sentence in your excerpt is a fragment and I would revise it.
Consider:The American education system has declined due to negligence by some of our school officials. Leaving some children left with no future and directly affect the future of America. The declined educational system is not...
The American education system has declined due to negligence by some of our school officials leaving some children with no future....
Also, instead of saying the "declined" educational system in sentence three, I would pick a different word. Maybe deteriorating (or maybe declining but not declined)
Also, what specifically did the school officials do to contribute to the overall deterioration of the educational system? Can you pinpoint when it started? We can all look around and agree that the system is not working as well it could, but I would like to hear someone's thoughts on when it started, and what set it off.
Last edited by Shalot; 04-18-2007 at 09:07 PM.
Really?
Thank you all for your insight it was very helpful
affected is spelled with an a, not e
i would say the question is not about the deterioration of schools but rather the deterioration of the American mind (of which the school house is a mere microcosm). the origin of deterioration began roughly in the late 1800s to early 1900s with the concept of mass production as commodity. the transition occurred rapidly over many decades and had the effect of uprooting the individual from his/her natural (agrarian) setting to one in which linear (assembly line) thinking was rewarded. human knowledge is both aesthetic and analytical, and this development dealt a blow to each. what followed historically completed the job.
Last edited by jon1jt; 04-19-2007 at 04:31 AM.
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I agree with Virgil, although I don't know enough to speak on teachers' unions. In my eyes, the education system suffers most at the hands of those who place student self-esteem above a quality education. Did you know that there are actually people who want teachers to stop using red pens to correct papers, because it's too negative a color??
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What that hasnt happened in the states yet??
Here in my old school they could only mark in green. But thier reasoning had somthing to do with colour psychology , red being an angry colour.
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well.. aside from t he colour, the problem is that highlighting pupils mistakes rather than what they got right drags less confident kids down.
i'm not saying mistakes should not be marked, but it only makes sense to mark them if you are going to discuss them later.
marking in itself, has no educational value because pupils will just glance at their test briefly and not think about what they could have done better. If you only tell them what they wrote is "wrong" (and personally I think some things are definitely wrong, not "creeative" as some whacky hippie educationalists like to call it) but don't ask them to look for the right solution, the learning effect is zero.
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