Why does the states deny it's citizens the right to a DECENT education?

Question

I understand that it makes the people easier to control, but in the long run, don't they realize that it will just bring their country farther down? Or do they only care what happens while they are in office?

please note - I know you have access to school, I said DECENT education, like they offer in europe and canada

sammer - I'm not referring specifically to holland, also test scores are lower all across the board than nearly every other industrialized country, most of which do not do it the way holland does (ex - canada)

anthony - going into other countries to set up schools is irrelevant, well-educated countries do that too - why spread american ignorance around the globe when most of your own citizens are so poorly educated? Shouldn't you educate yourselves before you go into other countries? You are an excellent example of the poor education I'm talking about.

Answer 1

You should know that the American government would never fix the problem of education in this country. Those who are middle class and below are not given the same equipment and materials in their schools as there are provided for the upper class. The government designed it this way so there would always be poor people and rich people. If this were balanced across the board, everyone in this country would truely have the free choice as to where they would work. Thank you and may GOD come soon to right the wrongs that have been done on this earth.

Answer 2

The philosophy is different. In Holland, for example, they have tracks. They test the children at a certain youngish age (12 or so), and they are assigned tracks of education. The stupid children go on one track, the smarter on another, the smarter than those on a third. Lastly, the brightest go on a fourth. There are also 2 more tracks. One for super geniuses, the other for the very stupid.

These tracks largely determine the rest of their careers in academics, including University acceptance. It is highly subsidized by the government and thus is only allowed for the top two tracks.

Courses of study are also chosen for upper grades, so the student prepares for University by "Majoring" in a certain topic while in High School.

The US doesn't do this, it tries to give the students broad knowledge of more topics, with no seperate tracks except for retards and geniuses. (They're called "special" and "gifted.") Most US citizens would be disturbed by the Dutch method.

The reason US High school students test lower in courses is because the Euro-kids being tested "majored" in that one course, whereas the US kids know more about several other courses. Each course however shoews aMericans lower, because each set of European kids in those courses takes only that course. If you pulled the same European kid out of Science, and made him answer against an American in Literature, he wouldn't do as well.

Then you have the inner city kids bringing down the curve too.

Basically, what you are speaking of is an illusion created by slanted testing that doesn't take into consideration different educational philosophies.

Now as to which system works better for actually educating, that's impossible to tell. I would guess they work roughly the same depending on the goal. Americans seem to make more money on average. I don't know if preperation for a career is the point of education, but that's what Americans generally believe. SO there system works better for what it's designed to do.

Europeans seem to believe education is to instill culture, and I would say that European adult enjoy reading literature and more high brow entertainment than Americans. That also seems a sign of success.

Answer 3

add to the first answer
To give money to build schools and places of education in undeveloped countries , billions of dollars every year, and you have the cheek to ask a ? like this
I am not an American, that is if you are talking about the USA
or are you talking about the arabic STATES, if so my scincere appologies,

Answer 4

Because the US economy needs a certain kind of labor...and the school system helps produce citizens that are proud retail employees, security guards and the like. NO JOKE!

Answer 5

so they can stay rich