Have you had a firsthand experience where you witnessed the school system "dumbing down" because of illegal immigrants or people who appeared to have lacked in effort at assimilating? If so, what did you witness/experience? My Experience: I took a college course on Mexican History my senior year. The majority of students excluding myself and two others were Hispanic/Latino. The course was highly interactive and on a daily basis we had to read out loud and review other students papers. My conservative estimate is that 75% of the Hispanic/Latino population in my class had the reading and writing skills of a typical 7th or 8th grader. It was certainly not college-grade material. It made me wonder how these people were even in college. They clearly received some form of preferential treatment in my opinion.
2007-08-08 07:10:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Siervocal-
Oh ok, Latin America's education is better then it is here. Why is Latin America a failure compared to the US if that's true? Are you implying that people from Latin America are lazy? You are a dreamer! The only person being racist is you!
2007-08-09 05:14:44 · update #1
Absolutely. A 1999 college degree is the equivalent of a 1955 High School education. You should see the 8th grade final from the late 1880's - no one could pass it today. The ACT and SAT keep dumbing down - notice the scores have been the same for the past 30 years.
They think if we get dumb enough we won't notice we are being sold down the river.
2007-08-08 08:06:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
You are absolutely right. I have had my kids in the same school district for the last twenty-five years. I am in an area that is in the process of being taken over. This school district was the best I'd had my kids in until the last few years. I have seen the quality of their education go down hill fast. The teachers are failing to teach the kids to read and spell. So much focus is having to go to the "English Learners" as they are politely called because they are getting such poor grades on the state tests and are getting the schools in trouble.
2007-08-08 07:49:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Speaking as a college instructor, I'm well aware that different instructors grade in different ways. It may be that instead of preferential treatment, that class was just an easier class.
I don't think the school system is actively "dumbing down," but I *do* think that by teaching to tests, we're emphasizing memorization work over the more-difficult-to-grade ability to actually think critically and relationally. Unfortunately, that's having much the same affect as would dumbing down. It's an unfortunate result of schools being taught more and more how a business is run. To grade "efficiently," we lose much of the well-rounded aspects of harder-to-clarify education.
2007-08-08 07:16:46 · answer #3 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I think it's true but not for reasons you stated. Its americans who can't keep up with immigrants. I came over here and high school work that 15 - 18 yr olds do I did at the age of 11 and 12 back home. I decided to try out the high school equivalency to see what that was like. It was a joke. I did all 5 tests without any studying all while helping my wife with a 2 day old baby. Out of the 60 plus students who took it. There were 4 honor students and I was one of them.
There's a bigger world out there I would not judge an entire race based on your miniscule and limited life experience.
Cause for me the american college system is a joke.
2007-08-08 07:29:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Yes our school systems are dumbing down across the board, but it has little or nothing to do with Hispanic students. Schools are chronically underfunded and teachers are under-payed. Did you know that a student who goes to college to become a teacher won't make enough to pay back his or her college loan? Our school system is based on an outdated factory model and was always more about control of the student body than about education. One subject conspicuously missing from the elementary school curriculum (you can tell by the questions and answers on YA) is critical thinking.
2007-08-08 07:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by socrates 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Dumbing down? Son, just in case you didn't know, the primary education (elementary/high school) in most of Latin America is rated HIGHER than in the United States. I do acknowledge college education is generally better here, but you can't use the argument that it is because of Hispanics that academic levels are dropping. Illegal immigrants generally don't go to college, so I would guess all of the ones in your Mexican history class were legal or citizens. Do you believe in white intellectual superiority? If so, you are at zero credibility right now.
2007-08-08 08:15:59 · answer #6 · answered by Siervocal 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
News papers write on a 7 to 8th grade level. Enough said.
2007-08-08 07:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Liberals have caused the "Dumbing Down" in the US Public School System.
Private Schools are usually better.
2007-08-08 08:14:40 · answer #8 · answered by Captain Tomak 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Are you seriously suggesting that ALL white American students are above average and everyone else is dragging our SAT scores down?
"Dumbing down" has been an argument for years. At least since racial integration was court mandated in the south.
Still met several undergrads that weren't up to "my" reading level back then.
2007-08-08 07:29:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
It is up to the individual to put his/her effort into his/her education. I agree with you on the dumbing down but I think we should cut some slack to those that do assimilate and attempt to receive an education, and don't BS it.
2007-08-08 07:17:21 · answer #10 · answered by Um..yeah 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋