A Study On The Education System

The current American education system has its flaws. Public schools struggle, private schools charge exorbitant prices, and the status quo dictates that a college degree acts a golden ticket to success in today’s workplace. This ideal contrasts from history’s viewpoint. During previous centuries, only upper-class men received education, as classrooms barred their doors to women and the poor. Renaissance men, who dabbled in numerous arts and sciences, gained their fame and glory more from the monetary power backing them than their intellectual prowess and knowledge. Straying from the past, elementary education is now a fundamental right, available to those with and without money, and a large— but not complete— population continues their

With college admissions relying so highly on these tests many bright and capable students are getting left with little options (Sternberg 7). These students are facing this because the ACT and SAT primary focus on a narrow segment of skills that are needed to become a person that makes significant differences to the world (Sternberg 7). College’s argue that the admission test give them a quick glimpse of what the students potential is because they do not have to time to individually evaluate each potential student. This may be true but we need a better way to distinguish a person’s abilities than just a simple score on a test.

Albert Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” I’ve seen this today, where students are these fish, and these standardized tests that we take are the judges at how well we climb up the tree.

Curriculum-based tests shouldn’t determine the intelligence and knowledge of people but instead, it is

The United States may be looked upon as a land of freedom and opportunity, yet today we live in an era where education is still a persistent struggle for minorities in a white privileged society. We live in a country where the educational system puts greater emphasis on training students to tackle standardized tests than on development of self and character. The American educational system is in crisis and has been in this situation for decades now. The solution to this problem goes beyond better teacher performance and school infrastructure.

This way they can be happy, with a good life, a job they love, and no naysayers to ruin their dreams. All in all there is absolutely no possible way for 112 standardized tests to account for all sorts of professions this world has to offer. I said it once before, but I’ll say it again, for a country that claims to support all kinds of dreams we do not support those that don’t fall under the subjects of science, mathematics, and reading. As adults, we tend to support our kid's dreams by buying them toys that are relevant, but when they grow older they no longer become dreamers because everyone shuts them down. Many claim to want better professionals, but how can we achieve better professionals if the people don’t enjoy their careers. In order to raise the quality of employees, we need to expand our curriculum. In order to be happy and healthy America needs to enjoy their lives and professions. How can a school claim to support students reach their full potential if the subjects studied are of no interest to them? Its simply impossible for a “standard” test to include every profession available, and while many say they can specialize in college the truth is they cant because their dreams were crushed so they no longer pursue their once purposeful

Standardized testing does not truly evaluate a student’s knowledge. “High schools are turning into ‘giant test-prep centers’, effectively closing off intellectual inquiry and undermining enthusiasm of learning (and teaching)” (Wallace 4). Students are now being taught in such a fashion that all

Our basic problem in our educational system is that the credit that is earned is not properly given to the precipitants that deserve it. The immediate needs for our educational system is not about more money or better teachers but simply a widespread of F’s given. The title of the article, “What our Education System is more F’s.” by Carol Singleton, a professor at Fort Hayes State University. Sparking an interesting topic that has effectively betrayed the readers attrition. He argues that Americans do not actually care about their education as long as there is not disturbance, and everything seems to be working fine. Students, parents, teachers and school administrators do not care if the material is being mastered when the student is “passing”

Standardized testing should shift to more of a subject test focus rather than multiple topic test like the SAT. This single subject focus allows colleges and students to test more on the requirements for specific vocations. Centering on earning good grades and test scores, high school often focuses on filling a transcript rather than actually exploring knowledge. However, if I could focus on basic fundamentals of all subjects, and then invest more time and effort into the advanced teachings of one or two career paths, my perspective will alter drastically. Instead of trying to earn outstanding grades on many subjects, I could focus on learning in-depth details relating to my professional interests while only covering basics of other subjects. Resulting from a transformed testing process, students could focus on specific career paths rather than a perfecting a cluttered transcript, and in the process produce more educated and experienced professionals within each

Finding a better way to measure skills and talents will be key in allowing students to cultivate their strengths and passions in life. Standardized testing is not effective for measuring the special talents and skills of students. New and efficient methods of measurement need to be implemented in order for students to recognize their special abilities. Charles Murray had the same thoughts about education. His problems with the education system are that the Bachelors 's Degree (BA) is not an accurate representation of a person 's overall intelligence. Murray thinks a person 's time is better used in apprenticeship than in four unnecessary years in college. Murray believes this false accreditation of the BA has taken the time away from students who have no interest in sitting in class for four years and has ruined the future of people who can simply not afford college. Murray 's solution to this problem is to reconstruct the overall worth of the BA, with the help of others. Murray 's ultimate goal is to alter the way employer 's measure a person 's competence in a particular field of work by more carefully considering their skills and talents. Overall, I think what Murray sees as the purpose of education is to teach students fundamental skills while preparing them for

Author Mark Twain once said, “Don’t let schooling interfere with your education”. By this he meant there is so much to learn inside and outside of school, but school itself can prevent learning all the world has to offer. School is an institution of learning and the sole purpose is to spread knowledge to students but ironically it can be one of the key obstacles of obtaining knowledge. There are many complications with the schooling system which make it difficult to learn things that are actually important. One of the main issues with schooling is the use of standardized assessments throughout the United States. Standardized testing is used for state examinations, school admissions and placement purposes. The problem with these existing tests

The education system has been a controversial issue among educators. Requirements of school do not let student choose what they want to study for their future. It’s a big issue to force student study specific curriculums, which don’t help them improve, and what they like to create something. Educators choose a general system for education to all students which based on general knowledge. Intelligent or genius students have to be in that system of education, which doesn’t let them improve their creativity. Educators attempt to change that system to make it better, but their changing was not that great to be an example for the world. Also, did that change qualify education system to compete other systems or not? In some examples and

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela. Without education, there is simply no telling of what this world would be like. There wouldn’t be doctors, lawyers, businesses etc. Life and everything around us would be fatuous. Schools and education give us a plan in life and help guide us. Throughout the years education has changed tremendously. It had its improvements throughout the decades, and it also has had its falters as well. Education in America is an issue in this country and it definitely needs to be tweaked and improved. Education is what makes us people who we are and what we will be. Nelson Mandela had it right, there is no weapon more powerful than education.

Throughout the history of civilization, education has been an important tool in shaping an individual as well as the society that the individual is a part of. In the older civilizations, only the elite upper class had access to education. This kept these people at the top of the social ladder, and suppressed the common people who did not have access to the same education as the nobles. We have come a long way since then, with every child having access to a free high school degree. However, there is still some inequality in this modern education system that has similarities to the old injustices. In this day and age, a college degree is a great start for a young adult starting to enter the work force. According to a study conducted by Pew

AS the air reverberates with the sound of rock from the Leeds Festival, at Bramham, I sorely lament the lack of some culture and hope most sincerely that next year it will be possible for Leeds City Council to support the Leeds Shakespeare Festival again.