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April 26, 2008
Can American Kids Compete?
Posted by Tina
SEOUL, South Korea — It is 10:30 p.m. and students at the elite Daewon prep school here are cramming in a study hall that ends a 15-hour school day. A window is propped open so the evening chill can keep them awake. One teenager studies standing upright at his desk to keep from dozing. Kim Hyun-kyung, who has accumulated nearly perfect scores on her SATs, is multitasking to prepare for physics, chemistry and history exams. - NYT
Should parents and educators begin to examine goals and priorities in education for America's children? When I think of the useless courses being taught on most of our college campuses, when I think about the fact that industries are hiring from other countries because they cannot find qualified workers in America, when I think of the swaths of young people who seem to be wandering amlessly through life, I can't help but wonder, what will their futures hold? We seem to have lost the purpose of education. I don't know that fifteen hour days are necessary but I do know a greater emphasis on core subjects, on discipline and teaching students to think would make a huge difference in the lives of our young people.
Posted by Post Scripts at April 26, 2008 08:50 PM
Comments
Well Tina, that is because you are clearly a reactionary that doesn't realize that education is about providing quality jobs for bureaucrats and teachers union employees.
A distant second, education can also be useful in teaching kids that their national pride, and religious faith are ridiculous throw backs to a time when people worked for a living.
And last but not least, government schools are there to provide children with a unearned sense of achievement. Which eventually manifests itself in a victim completely loyal to the democratic party.
I hope this has been educational for you, you right wing, fascist!
Posted by: Nick Freitas at April 27, 2008 08:44 PM