Idiot Nation By Michael Moore

In the “Idiot Nation,” by Michael Moore, he states that America is a society full of idiots and falling behind compared to other countries around the world. This ongoing problem in United States is cause by a poorly educated system that is currently in act. Moore gave examples of how Americans cannot even figure how to do the simplest school problems in our head, or have a reading proficiency past a fourth grade level. Even so, Americans do not have a clue to where half of the countries on the map are. But does America education system really that bad to make students fail to succeed beyond what is expected of them. Compare to the one of the best world education system, South Korea students excel high in numbers in science and mathematics. …show more content…
Students start to go to school from six o’clock in the morning and end school at around four o’clock afternoon. After that, they attend private tutoring sessions that their parents paid for and finish going home at around eleven o’clock pm. The reason for Koreans to attend long hours of studying is to make them prepare for university entrance exams and going to the elite university, students will later get a great and stable career. Due to long hours of learning the materials, this probably one of the reasons why students in South Korea do well in school. The supplemental tutoring tool give students a chance to ask tutors additional questions on particular subjects they are confused about. This may a good side of the story; there would be a dark side to it. Students in South Korea are in constant extreme stress in their academic. With one lower grade in their report card can ruin their chance of getting into their dream university. Thus, students cram in the materials that help them do well on their tests and college entrance exam. Nevertheless, students in South Korea are learning the same technique as American school, making students know what to answer on a test. The only difference is the hours of investment in learning the …show more content…
Not all students in high school end up earning a diploma due to personal circumstances, but in later in life, they are able to go to earn a high degree because there is a chance of attending community college. For some people want to dispute the fact one the reason why so many students fail to graduate high school because students are unmotivated in school to do well. They know they have a later chance in life to go back to school and just under perform in school. Whereas, in Korea, students have only one chance a year to perform well on the test to enter the university of their choice. If the test results score badly, then students would have to wait a year to retake the test. During the whole year of waiting, students felt all their hard work in preparation all these years are vanish. Thus, it the number of students returning back to retake the exam are not as high in