really need your help on this please?

Question

Why do you think there is a breakdown in the education system in the United States, and how do you think it can be fixed?

Answer 1

wow what a loaded question. but since you asked i will put my two cents in. the biggest problem with the educational system in america is that it is run by the government. whenever the government gets involved in something it becomes a beurocracy. you have administrators that get paid over a million dollars a year in large cities and what do they do for educating the children? they do nothing plus they carry the extra costs of needing a support staff and lets not forget the cost of the administration building. where is all of this money coming from? the tax payers, some of whom don not even have children are paying for all of this. the other major source of revenue for education is the lottery. i like to call te lottery the poor man tax. the biggest problem with the system is that most desicions are taken out of the schools where the teachers have a say so and are being made by the adminstrators some of whom have never been teachers. so what can be done to remedy this problem? well that would require radical changes. first of all get rid of all public education. second return all of the tax money collected in the name of education to the people. let private schools open everywhere and let them compete with each other. good schools would be rewarded and bad schools would be punished financially. most private schools spend far less money to educate the students than public school and they do a better job of it. poor people would still be able to afford schooling because of the decrease in tax obligations and i believe the grades would increase. if you have ever had to pay for a product, you demand excellelance in that product. parents would be more active in the education system because the money is coming out of thier pockets directly. if there was a problem with a teacher then believe me it would get fixed.
i did not go fully into everything here but i hope this helps out some.

matty

Answer 2

The breakdown in the education system in the United States, in my opinion, is caused by the lack of support that we give to both the teachers and the students. First of all, the teachers are overworked and underpaid. Ask yourself this- Why is it that doctors, lawyers, and engineers make so much money, when teachers make so little, and do the jobs that enable the forementioned doctors, lawyers, and engineers to do theirs? The answer, in my opinion, is simple- we value their jobs more than the jobs of the teachers. Perhaps, if we paid more to the teachers, we would have better teachers who focus more on their jobs and who actually help the kids who need help, instead of the bad teachers who pretty much leave the kids to fend for themselves.
Another reason is the lack of support for the students. I know that, in recent years, systems such as Sylvan(r) Learning Centers, Boys and Girls Clubs of America(r), and other such organizations have attempted to help those who really need it. But i believe that we need to start at the root of the problem- the schools and the parents of the students. The schools are supposed to provide a positive learning environment for the students, so they can focus on the work that they have to do, and not the many distractors that are present in and around the school environment. If the government were to actually start giving more money to the school systems in the United States and cut some of the spending that it uses for other, sufficiently less important things, then maybe we could organize better programs to help those who truly need the help. Then there are the parents. It is one of the primary responsibilities of the parents to aid and assist the students in their schoolwork. That involves a lot more than most people might think. Parents have to discipline their children and let them know that education is one of the most important aspects of their lives. Parents can afford to spend more time with their children to ensure that this happens. Also, parents, like the schools, must provide a good learning environment for the students at home. This combination of good environments at both school and home can make a remarkable difference in the quality of not only the students' education, but it can also reduce the amount of violence in the schools. It really can make a difference.

Answer 3

Partially because of the breakdown of the family. I teach in a ghetto area and my students come to school with awful problems at home - and either act out at school or withdraw. A child can't have their single Mom come home at three in the morning and be ok. And an alarming amount of parents are uninvolved.
And these types of situations are common. My High School has an amazing, caring, professional staff but it is an uphill battle.
Also - to really perform it would take more money for more effective programs, but that is always the case.

The key to fixing things is focus - it takes parents, teachers, staff all deeply committed on a daily basis to facilitate change. We have to care enough, and make sure what needs to happen will happen. Students will have to be influenced by that focus. We can't be lazy, and in some ways we have been over the last 25 years.

Answer 4

i think there is a breakdown in the education system in the united states. Because, a lot of students harldly even finish highschool and you can barely count the ones that can go to collage.
although some is because they just dont want to go and finish school and their careers but also there are people who dont have the money to give collage or even highschool to their kids and many teenagers have to start working when they are very young because their parents need help i think this can be fixed by putting laws to people who cant afford to go to collage and let them go!

Answer 5

GIGO (garbage in-garbage out):
The new teachers are the product of a tiem when personal responsibility was deemphasised, and the overall level of curriculum was dumbed down.

My teachers knew a hell of a lot more leavign high-school then my friends did leaving university, and it's becasue it's become cool to be stupid.

Look at Canada as an example of what we should be. In many US states, a GED is accepted as the equivalent to a Diploma. In British Columbia, you're SOOL, if you expect that to happen.

To fix it, quit teaching to the tests, and flunk the screw ups. If you don't make the grade, you don't make it, and the hell with your feelings!

Answer 6

Yes there is,
By making the teachers to play their role in full.
Keeping boys and girls schools seperate.
By having school uniform.
planning curriculum as per the need of the society.
Having suitable time for the school hours.

Answer 7

Personally I feel it's the parents fault. They will fight the system when their kids fail which then eventually leads to the schools lowering standards to accomodate for the lower scores. Kids really aren't as dumb as we are making them be nowadays.

Laziness has become rampant unfortunately.

EDIT: Just for reference it's College, not Collage.

Answer 8

Simple, The schools took God out and the right to pray. The fix- Put God back in.