Problems in Our Education System Essay

rest on one’s life. If it is such an important part of a person’s life, then shouldn’t we maximize our efforts to provide the best possible education to students; an education that will maximize learning and provide benefits for our future? Many parents and students have agreed that education should be taught to its full potential and yet, believe that either a traditional education or an online education is the best option. There are many parents and students who have a strong perspectives one…

In this country we face many issues, from national debt to increasing poverty rates, but one of our biggest challenges is our nationwide education system. For years it’s been the exact same, we all get up, shut off our alarms, and drag ourselves through another day at school. Yes there are days where we enjoy school, days where we get excited to see our friends and hangout all day, but most of these days are ones where we don’t have to do much work. To most, a day at school involves making…

The United States’ education system is ranked seventeenth in the world (Gayathri). At all levels of education, from elementary school through university, grade inflation exists: too many students get too many A’s. I am not saying that no student should get A’s, but students have started to expect A’s, thinking a B is somehow “bad,” even though, in reality, a C is supposed to be average. In a nation where everyone is special and participation trophies are handed out like candy on Halloween,…

television, you learned something today. What was it? Our human evolution has been successful because of our ability to learn. Our species has learned how to make hunting tools, light bulbs, cars, and spaceships. We have developed medicines that cure brutal diseases. On average, one additional year of education raises the enterprise income by 5.5 percent in developing areas (Van der Sluis). But, are our current educational systems supporting us in our full development as learners? As of August…

Supporters of American tertiary education view the system as a flagship model, the crème de la crème, but I beg to differ. With ever increasing tuition costs, time wasting core curriculums, and the diminishing quality of education given, the American tertiary educational system should be seen as faulty. As Thomas Jefferson once said, “those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use, if not sought for and cultivated.” Jefferson believed…

equal health care to all individuals. The problem with apparent health care disparities is that we are all aware of it and are aware of the place it takes in affecting the daily lives of the patients in our healthcare system. yet, the problem is still persistent and has yet to be resolved. Today, humans are put into clusters that relate to how educated or wealthy they are which creates barriers between the different levels that have been established by our society. The…

Our treatment of children and adolescents with mental health problems will be a candidate for moral rejection if it isn’t already. Without proper treatment, many young people end up with tragic consequences including suicide, substance abuse, involvement in the correctional system and the inability to live independently. If we do not do something now to protect and treat this population, we will only be able to blame ourselves and our future will be appalled that we closed our eyes to our…

What is wrong with the education system? This is a question that has many people wondering, is there something wrong? Or are people just not being reasonable. Most people do not know that there really are problems in the schooling system, or they don’t fully understand what the problems are or how that affects the students. I feel very passionately about the education system because it’s the future we teach children so that they can grow up and have a good life and make advances for the future…

How American schools are failing the Nonconforming student in the system: Bullying isn’t Just about the Students. Hypocrisy. Bullying. You can look it up in any American school dictionary to find the definitions. It would serve the schools well to heed their own advice in terms of picking on those who are not as big or as strong as themselves. Nearly every American school vying for state and Federal funding needs an edge in attendance and testing, therefore the schools can ill-afford to be…

47% to 21%. Going into their senior year, 21% of Wood County students are proficient in math after being in the system for 13 years! Proficiency in Science: Average proficiency in science, 4th, 6th, and 10th grades is 41% Proficiency in Reading/Language Arts: Going into their senior year, 51% are proficient In the midst of this deepening crisis of performance in the educational system, the Wood County School Board and Administration made a decision to ask taxpayers for more money. This…