Argumentative Essay: America's Failing Education System

The US in the past has been known for its innovations, for the wide variety of cultures and races, and or motivation for greatness. Although those things mostly still apply today, America is a speeding train following the tracks straight over a broken bridge and the conductor does not know how to use the brakes. The US has become a country of foul behavior regarding our melting pot of cultures and the people once praised for their differences are now being shunned and treated unfairly. The educational systems is failing and the subjects the US once exceeded in is slowly declining and students are struggling to make up for it. Also, the economy is failing and the national deficit is only growing with each passing day with no end in sight. Is …show more content…
The job market is becoming more competitive with each day that passes and a college degree is the only way to get that step ahead over other applicants for even the simplest of jobs. A higher education isn’t the only thing that is important, an education is important through children and adults of all ages and our educational system is failing to provide the education everyone needs. The US is failing in math and sciences alike, teachers are treated unfairly and given poor wages and benefits, and standardized testing has become the priority for most schools. Not only that, despite the failing educational system the government is still cutting funding for education and it is only pushing the number of uneducated people in the population …show more content…
The nation’s behavior has plummeted to a new low that even our own people are going at each other’s throats and the country is tearing itself apart by the inside. The education system is flawed and no longer pumping out the bright students that may one day lead the country because of debt and the poor treatment the teachers are receiving. Finally, the amount of debt the country has accumulated is slamming the nail in the coffin. The American people no longer have enough money in their pockets to keep themselves afloat, how could they even keep the country as a whole afloat as well? Something needs to change, otherwise the country will tumble off the