Will the education system ever change?

Question

The current education system in America has been to narrow minded. Children are brought up on 2 basic principals. America is all that is great in the universe and the only way to happiness is to study hard and be wealthy.

Most schools now have gotten rid of music, art, phy. ed, etc etc. Why aren't partents fighting the government to stay out of their classrooms?

to amend my previous statement of most schools etc etc. I would like to add that the schools are forced to do this, I don't believe they wilfully throw out subjects. I truely believe that they have to let these subjects go in order to meet standards that have been made by government.

True americans vote for lower taxes most of the time which equals less money for education. But shouldn't we be fighting harder? How do you think we became a democracy? The english didn't just lay down their weapons and pay us before the war started. We need to fight harder. Will you all rise to the challenge and stop thinking about your big screen television over your childs education?

Answer 1

Because most Americans dont really care about the government or how much influence they have on our everyday lives, and most of all our children. Most American parents just want to have their children go to a public school and learn the things they learned when they were children. They dont look into President Bush's no child left behind act. That is why the school system is going down hill, there is not enough funding for our children. Americans are only out to get what they think is intended for them a whole lotta cash without a whole lotta taxes. I.e. the whole financial dilemma. As for the "Will America ever change" the answer is no. There is not a way for a large, I mean millions of people, to get together and try and prevent the age of brainwashed little government republicans.

Answer 2

Your question is rather confused. You ask whether schools ill ever change and then you point out some dramatic ways that they HAVE changed.

Taxpayers in many communities have decided that they just won't pay what it costs to support arts in the schools. The schools would happily do these subjects, but they cant have art without an art classroom, materials and a qualified teacher. So, no money means no art. Why blame the government for this? The government didn't reduce the school budgets - the taxpayers did, by refusing to increase taxes. IT was choice the community made deliberately.

I don't think it is the schools that promote wealth as happiness. I think that very much reflects parents. There are millions of parents who see education as the way to have their kids earn good salaries and protect themselves against poverty. As long as parents demand college prep courses to get their kids into college, then that's what the schools will be forced to do. When parents have a choice between paying for English, math and science vs art, music and dance, they generally opt for the subjects that will lead to business and commerical success.

Answer 3

Well, there are a few considerations.

School is based on an educational system that may have been practical in the 1930s, but in 2007 kids need more technology and financial training. The school system should emphasize less on subjects that they will not need in their lifetime (some of the math, some of the sciences, some of the history) and include course in finacial literacy, job hunting, home repair. These are the skills you need in the real world.

My formal education in the school system has gotten me a diploma, but it didnt give me much else. It didnt teach me how to manage my finances, or to manage my career. Thats what the educational system needs. Gym is huge also. Physcial education is more important in 2007 then ever before with overwight kids everywhere!

Answer 4

I think we first need to focus on making sure our high school graduates have actually received a high school education. There are many public high schools that award diplomas to 18 year olds with the literacy skills of a nine year old. These kids aren't stupid, they just were never challenged enough or taught what they needed to know. I live in CT, and the contrast between Hartford's public schools and those in my area is unbelievable. Local community colleges offer remedial classes as low as elementary school level, and they fill up every single semester, mostly with students from Hartford. Since those classes don't count as college credit, those placed at that level have to pay for two years of remedial classes before they can start working towards their degree.

Answer 5

While your 'premise' is at least partly true, and your 'follow up' is also 'partly true' the 'complete statement' seems to be TOTALLY WRONG. Actually schools today are based on 'training people to work on production lines' and that 'style of education' got it's start in Henry Ford's time (he started the first production line) ... and as 'technological advances' like computers take over more and more, the schooling our children get will 'change' slowly ... and in fact that 'change' has already started, with many children actually being 'homeschooled' and taught via 'computer' rather than going into a classroom. Others study on computers in the classroom and the 'teacher' is there more to 'help' the child to understand how to use the computer properly than to actually 'teach' the child anything.

Answer 6

I don't exactly agree with your first point, but the last is right on the money. The problem is the teachers unions, they oppose things like school choice. Get them out of the way so parents can (if they will) take the prerogative in their child's education and choose what kind of school their children will go to.

Answer 7

well just look back 20 years , 50 years, 100 years, 500, 2000.
everything changes some times for good sometimes for bad. that's just the way of things.

Answer 8

I have yet to see a school that has eliminated music or art or physical education.