Abating The Education Standard Essay

As a child you have been told that in the western hemisphere lies a place where freedom bells ring, and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are granted, like a king is granted his throne. But in the midst of it all, you are really being occulted in a government which hides its unlimited power, primarily, to control society. The world as we know it modifies as time progresses and, consequently, so does the concept of legitimacy. Henceforth, what classifies as verity? One thing is certain, that the government’s implementation in abating the educational standard is taking place so that the government can control society. For example, if we think back to a darker time in our history two hundred years ago when slavery was taking place, it …show more content…
In modern day America, the government has already achieved its goal to dominate our society. Proof of this can be found in our everyday lives. For example, nowadays, if you go to school, do your homework, your parents wouldn’t get furious and you would be good to go. Parents have this ideology that if students go to school they will be taught what they need to know and they will receive a college education, and they will be fine. But, what kids are learning and the content as well as the quality of the learning is the most indispensable part of education in which we have forgotten. Even more devastating is exhibited in the poem, Among School Children, where the author’s point of view is shown when he as a child witnessed the children the instructor picked to help while letting the others fail (Yeats). Under these circumstances, the government, in the eyes of the world is the role model for modern day democracy but in practice is a government that acts under its own agenda. Also, in the fictional novel Ghetto Schooling the character states that, “I wanted them to be able to grow into fully functional participants of the middle class and to do so will mean a less constrained education” (Anyon, Ghetto Schooling). In this quote he asserts that the education system has various obstacles that repel it from growing. These obstacles can be tarnished if there is a …show more content…
(Cookson) According to an International Comparison Journal, it’s written, “The United States ranks 16th in the world due to its low academic index in high schools.” Also, “The difference between American Universities which are the best in the world and American high schools which are among the worst is extremely drastic” (Benitez). So what this comes to show is a continuous pattern of the symptoms of what occurred to Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome was the superpower of its time, no one could challenge them militarily, but they ended up destroying themselves from within, through moral decay. According to Abraham Lincoln, like Rome, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves” (Maybury). We don’t want to go down the same path as many other pinnacle nations who have preceded us. Furthermore, the United States has the resources and the ability to change its education but they don’t act upon doing