Just recently my class had a test. Out of 200 students, 60% percent of the class had a grade of 50 or below. That means 120 students out of 200 didn't pass the exam. 120 students future are now on hold because of an exam.
Most people would say that these students didn't study when in fact, they did. But professors are too busy worrying about finishing the syllabus on time. Rather than find out if students understand the information that is being given, they'd rather a test determine that for them.
This is done from the moment we start grade school. We are not taught to learn but to learn that we can never succeed if we don't get straight A's. We are not tested on our talents or our what matters more in our daily life.
Tell me America, how is it possible that although we have free education and that other students from third world countries are better than us in math, science, and to top it off even English? You mean to tell me that doesn't alarm you for one second? Our future relies on YOUR education system.
Back in the 1990's school used to be fun. You could actually go and learn without pressure of any kind while living in a world that was free and allowed you to follow your dreams. Nowadays the education system is slowly failing. Kids can no longer dream and be expressive of themselves. A kid artist is told at the age of seven that his dream is not a good dream. Instead, he should think about something that will bring him a steady income, and become mindless robots with no feelings what so ever, to follow a system that his forefathers have done. But that won't change anything if he never went to a private school and didn't graduate with a 4.0 GPA. Dear USA, I have a question- Are you proud of what our education system has become? Should we leave the future of our children in your hands?
