Why does the United States education system suck so much?

[Flame]

kids who are richards to teachers seriously are one of the biggest problems. another thing that bugs me is when kids volunteer to read aloud and then just laugh all the way through because of their friends, really it just slows down the entire learning process

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[Jaxx]

[Foxscotch]

do people just randomly post this now?

[Maxwell.]

anyone that disrupts the class by acting silly is a handicap

[TristanLuigi]

Sounds like hell.

Another problem is that we make K-6 super loving easy and then in HS they expect easy things, so we make it easy. Which sucks for people that actually enjoy school and learning, who by then will be far ahead because they cared enough to ask questions and look into things past the surface level.

I don't think everybody is smart enough to ace every class, but I do think everyone is perfectly capable of getting at least a 3.0 in HS. Usually in some subjects you'll get a C in (for me that's Spanish) but the rest? If you care, you'll pass. And I'm not talking about work ethics, I mean legitimately being interested in shat you're learning.

But teachers can't force people to be interested and neither can I, so we need to find some way to make them enjoy knowledge at a young age.

[Jaxx]

do people just randomly post this now?

given it was directly attributed to

We had this one loving ADHD starfish who decided to be as misogynistic as he could to my game design teacher, even after he already started religious battles in the class a couple months back, and forced my teacher to stay back once before because he hadn't done ANY of his work and distracted my poor friend for the entire class. My teacher eventually had enough and just left. The thing is that much teacher is under a lot of physical pain due to this condition she has (some problem with her spine, I think), and so it's annoying enough for her having to go all the way to my college everyday with sticks, but then to have to be berated by this forgettard...?

this quote, no

[Foxscotch]

given it was directly attributed to
this quote, no

yeah, I know. and that's what I mean. it seems pretty irrelevant

[Bisjac]

didnt you like play the stock market and now you have like a bajillion dolllars or was that someone else

I'm not as loaded as you guys think. But I got a few bucks

[jarelash]

You should come to Finland. Our education is good and it's free.

[BluetoothBoy]

Want my two cents? No? Too bad. 

The American schooling system isn't the greatest. I'll admit that readily, BUT! when it comes to being educated, in the long run it's not gonna be the teachers or the schools that do it for you. It's you. You're the one who controls how motivated you are. You're
the one who does your homework assignments. Don't tell me I'm being "an elitist" or whatever either; out of everyone I've ever met, I would consider myself, under many circumstances, to be the absolutely least motivated person. I actually lack so much motivation that money has nearly no effect on me - the only reason I've ever made money is because I know I need it to by stuff. But that wasn't what motivated me to do the work to earn the money. No; instead, I trained myself to enjoy working and working for the sake of doing a good job. This is an important point, and ties very closely to this education debate. You'll get out of your education what YOU put into it. NO EXCUSES. I'm not denying that the teachers and the schools themselves can have their problems (and often do), but there's no reason you, the student, has to contribute to that problem by not putting your full effort into your education.

It is my honest opinion that this generation, in general, is spoiled. Do you know what will happen if we turn to a system where you "only learn what you need to"? Knowledge that most people feel is unnecessary will shrivel up and did over time. Our brains will grow weaker because we'd be limiting ourselves. I'm gonna state this next part bluntly.

I don't care who you are, get off your butt and do some actual work. Life wasn't made to be handed to you on a silver platter, and it certainly won't be later in life. People need to acknowledge that they can be part of the problem when they're integrated in the issue, but nearly everyone here has been ignoring that. I'm taking my first college class right now, and I've gotta right an 8 - 10 page report. And that's relatively small compared to the workload in some classes. And I know for a fact that "real life" - that is, exiting college, getting a job, etc. - is going to be even tougher.

Bash me all you want, but this is my take on the matter. I ain't budgin'.

[Stocking]

ok theres a lot of problems with the american education system but mandatory attendance and less time for kids to forget around doing nothing is not one of its problems

jesus christ grow up

[Frankie²]

idk how people my age get less than 7 hrs of sleep
i get to bed around 11 and wake up at 6:30 and im perfectly fine all day

[Maxwell.]

idk how people my age get less than 7 hrs of sleep
i get to bed around 11 and wake up at 6:30 and im perfectly fine all day

because they care more about a CERTAIN INTERNET COMMUNITY than sleep

[Ipquarx]

yeah, I know. and that's what I mean. it seems pretty irrelevant

The dude started religious debates. Sounds pretty euphoric to me.

[Foxscotch]

The dude started religious debates. Sounds pretty euphoric to me.

if he's talking about the guy then ok I guess. I hadn't really thought about that though. I figured he was talking about mcjobless himself