3 Reasons Why the American Education System is Failing You

[@erinmontoya1128]

One solution is to decentralize the school districts and curriculums. One size fits all systems leave no room for competition, flexibility, and adaptivity.

[@datfisheboi6519]

That could lead to certain schools pushing certain things on the students, such as Creationism, as many do in the South. Perhaps more of a “federalization” of districts and curriculums, so that they all have more autonomy, but they still have to follow certain rules.

[@erinmontoya1128]

Dat Fishe Boi That's why we should also not make K-12 education mandatory by law. Let the parents have more control over what schools their child can go to. Plus there's the easy access to the internet so even if a school taught creationism then the students can just fact check and/or the parents can take them out of that school and put them in one where they don't teach it. The parents need to be more involved in their children's education not the State.

[@datfisheboi6519]

Ezra I’ve never really been convinced by the argument that the parent knows their child best and so should be able to do X to them, but in this case I agree. Perhaps make it easier to home school by having better online courses could help supplement or replace the current school system or your new idea.

[@ES-dj9lh]

This is really not a good idea. In Germany we struggle with this exact problem because students and their degrees are not comparable anymore. Every state has their own individual system and it is really confusing. In some states students go to school for 12 years, in some for 13 years. And the amount of taken high-school exams and their content is also not the same. This leads to a preference of students from certain states like Bavaria whose school system is very high performing but also very stressful. Students from bordering states whose schools are not that high performing have difficulties finding jobs or being accepted on universities. And competition and flexibility is also not really something you should strive for in education because what does it mean? The schools that do not have the opportunity or the money are left behind. The striving after competition is in my view the actual biggest US's problem as far as I can assess it being a foreigner.

[@erinmontoya1128]

Tarantino's Birdperson I see your point. Decentralization of the school system does have it's possible set backs and unintended consequences. I guess since here in the US we haven't had a free market school system for a long time that changing it would possibly lead to worse results. From my perspective, and looking at the results of the US school system which is mostly run by the government, I don't think the current system is helping us learn and that we should try a free market approach. But that's just my two cents on it.

[@pennwhipple3793]

Never ask: A woman: her age A man: his salary The American education system: how much homework you have tonight

[@zombiechaddy]

Your argument about taxes is misleading. Over the past 30 years, per pupil spending has doubled, but graduation and test rates have remained flat.

[@ThoughtMonkeyhq]

Based on that statistic you gave and assuming it doesn't take inflation into consideration (no source?), per pupil spending may have doubled in dollar amount but over the past 30 years $1 has now become over $3 based on inflation. Meaning that it would have had to triple to just maintain.

[@zombiechaddy]

Thought Monkey - thanks for reply let me put a finer point on this: Nationwide, inflation-adjusted, per-pupil education spending has increased by about 140 percent in the last 40 years, and the number of teachers per pupil has increased by over 70 percent www.cato.org/blog/president-call-big-new-ed-spendingheres-look-how-thats-worked-past

[@dominiquecalvillo1479]

zombiechaddy but that's the average it drastically varies per state and even down to lower levels so that # can be deceiving unless narrowed down to at least a district level which many get cut in large areas of California

[@abigailjudith5916]

It is completely out dated your right, but you didn’t really go into it. The school system was created to make factory workers, not engineers. I like the idea of having it based more around science and hands on things, then again I like science and learn best hands on, so that probably influences that. I think that because we start at such a young age, and I mean pushing a lot of basic information all at once, it doesn’t really help. We probably shouldn’t start at 5, we are just kids we like to play instead of sitting down for an hour doing homework. We also need to remember that people think differently, and we all learn differently, some people do really well when it comes to traditional schooling, but other people who are failing would be way better if it were more hands on. Obviously we couldn’t just switch it right away because I know my generation wouldn’t look at that and say “oh hey I can do stuff I like now” it would be more like “well screw you I can’t do whatever I want” so yeah

[@tylerslagel5485]

Really young kids learn frighteningly fast, and it’s no coincidence that’s when their brains form over 800 new neural connections (I think they’re called synapses) per SECOND. That’s why kids are so ruthlessly efficient at learning languages. English is the most difficult language to learn, yet everybody who’s not retarded or autistic learns it just by living with people who speak it. No intentional teaching goes on. So it is good that we start teaching kids so early. Their brains are sponges. It’s the environment that matters. Especially with teenagers, who benefit from waking up later.

[@JuwanBuchanan]

One of the major problems with the American Educational System is that schools do not teach students how to think critically. Only how to do this and that mindlessly like a robot. You don't have this problem with Asian countries which rank the highest in the world in terms of education. On tests and exams, the teacher does not teach her students in a way to retain what they learned in class and keep it in their longtime memory for the future. Nowdays teachers are teaching students how to retain that knowledge for the short-term and regurgitate that knowledge on a test and they forget about it. Part of the problem comes from students not wanting to learn about subjects they don't give a shit about that probably won't help them in life, but are forced to learn it anyway.

[@MrDamy101]

I'm not from the US, but I do think this will apply there just as much as where I'm from (the Netherlands). I think that the biggest problem in education is how grading is done. What I mean is that it's a problem that you need a certain level of skill to pass a grade. The reason is that a school environment is supposed to be a learning environment.The main difference between a learning environment and something like a work environment is the effect of failure. In a work environment failure will result in whatever you're trying to achieve to fail. This will ultimately result in either bankruptcy or you being fired. However in a learning environment failure is a good thing. You're supposed to fail in school, so you don't have to fail in the workplace. However, that never happens. You just get a bunch of theory shoved in your brain, and you fail if you can't understand that theory. The problem lies in the skill required to learn something. You're supposed to plan, have a rhythm, and be organized. If you haven't learned how to do something correctly you risk failing the year, or high school in general. I think the solution requires rethinking the function of schools, and I don't think the solution could be applied in the near future. But I think school should shift from focussing on theory and matter to aiding students in learning the matter. I'm not saying school isn't helping, it's just that they are helping you learn the theory because learning the theory is the final goal. I don't think the theory should be the final goal, but learning how to learn the theory should be. So how could this look in practice? One of the first things every student should learn is why they should improve themselves, and learn new things. Self-improvement is at the core of success in my opinion. Self-improvement acts as an alternative motive to learn new theory, instead of having the theory itself be the motive. This means you can't fail a year because you didn't understand the theory. I think this works if you truly want to improve, because of how stress works. From experience, I can tell that if you try to do something too much it will result in stress. Stress is the result of working too hard. If you have a certain level of knowledge you need to have at the end of the year it can easily result in you putting too much effort in. The effort will directly result in stress, which will impact your productivity over longer time spans. I can tell from experience that my productivity almost doubled when I stopped doing something when it became too stressful, rather than pushing myself through it. Grading based on knowledge is the perfect motive to work too hard, which is why I think it should be replaced by an internal desire to improve. From this school should focus on teaching skills. Theory should, ideally, be a public resource. Students should learn theory because they want to, rather than being forced to. I don't have the full solution, but I do think we should work towards a system like the one I proposed here. I finished the Dutch equivalent of high school, but I felt horrible right until the end. I was so focused on finishing school that I worked for 1 and a half years under constant stress. The problem was that I was forced to learn high amounts of theory, while I didn't even have the skills necessary to learn that much in such a short time. I never got the time and knowledge I needed to learn how to work correctly. I just learned why I should improve myself 1 and a half years before getting my diploma. Stress is not only a big problem in education but also a big problem in the workplace. Burnout becomes more common every year, and it's all due to people not understanding how to work without stressing. And this all starts by giving high requirements to students who don't even understand why they should learning it in the first place.

[@ThoughtMonkeyhq]

I agree that grading based on an arbitrary skill like Algebra is not the intention of true education. If schools focused on teaching students how to be happy, proactive, and compassionate along with those technical skills, I think we'd all be better off.

[@danielnunez3206]

This is exactly what I have always believed school should be, but i had never had the words to fully express my thoughts. Many thanks all the way from Colombia.

[@dominiquecalvillo1479]

Thought Monkey But the ultimate question becomes how to apply this practically without being a waste of time on a nationwide scale. It's hard to find a balance between teaching kids how to learn so that they can learn anything and believe in themselves adequately to make mistakes yet try again until they find solutions when it typically can come off as subjective teaching plans and ineffective at its purpose due to being corny. I know in my psychology class we'd focus on some aspects of that every few classes and there'd be a sizable minority that found it useless and boring and would become disruptive until they were challenged with something more objective like vocab lessons or a reading assignment. It's finding that practical application

[@michaelwu7678]

Philosophy and critical thinking should be the major focus of education. Mere information (history, science, civics, etc.) should be taught less and encouraged to the students to learn on their own time.

[@hogatiwash7750]

Science should be taught less? Learning science helps to develop critical thinking. Philosophy could maybe be an elective, but not core curriculum. What you're suggesting is basically liberal art which doesn't have a high rate of employment in the U.S.

[@michaelwu7678]

phuc dao Learning science in school does not help critical thinking. Most of it is just memorizing information and equations. Now, if you were to do scientific research, that would be doing critical thinking, but you would have to pursue a masters or PhD. Philosophy encourages critical thinking at all levels of study, so it should definitely be in the core curriculum. It’s the most important subject with the most far-reaching social consequences, especially moral philosophy and political philosophy. One of the main reasons why the education system is a failure is because of attitudes which see it only as a means toward employment. Education is much more than that

[@iironhide6209]

@@michaelwu7678 People need to be taught science cause more and more of society depends on a comprehensive understanding of science. History teaches people why the present is what it is and what the mistakes of the past are. A deep understanding in civics is needed for the masses to understand their nation's politics and how to use their nations political system to their own advantage

[@michaelwu7678]

Anish Yadlapalli Yes people need to learn science, history, civics, economics, etc. but they do not necessarily need to be TAUGHT it. What is most necessary for teaching is how to think, not merely what to think about. If our education system focused on teaching critical thinking and critical engagement with these aforementioned topics, students would develop the natural curiosity to pursue these fields on their own.

[@fntime]

Stop telling kids what to think~

[@samuelphilips5373]

Thanks America

[@ladymother5488]

All three solutions are necessary... pay teachers way more, allocate more taxes to education, and drastically change the curriculums. Sitting at a desk quietly for 8-9 hours a day 5 days a week is crap. I love learning and always havem but i hated school until i got to college level. Schools no longer cater to the needs of the student. All children do not fit in current system

[@organicchemistry6357]

No wonder home schooling gets more popular in the US, some public schools are counterproductive

[@aaaaaaaa8891]

Hey man, love ur vids Im from eu but listening to u is pretty educative and i rly enjoy it, even though its mainly about US Waiting for more

[@miless.9429]

I have some pretty awful teachers in 7th grade

[@chocolatethunderball14e12]

Miles S. i have a boring math teacher that makes feel stupid and i am less encouraged to do better

[@khandey6636]

U see America does this thing where they don’t want to leave kids behind and basically screws over the kids that are ahead of the class and forces them to be at their level I’m taking integrated 2 in 8th grade and I feel the class is to easy because of this it’s America in general and teachers not lecturing also has to do with this. Edit: many teachers are lazy and don’t feel like teaching so they just give you busy work so they can get the salary and teachers like these are the reason I don’t want to go to school

[@fntime]

So has everyone else. I'm 74 yrs they were bad back when I was in the 7th grade. I think it revolves around, 'those who can do, those can't teach'!

[@venmon9613]

Here is what needs to happen: Kindergarten to 6th grade is spent on building creativity and curiosity By the time you are in 7th grade, you should have a good understanding of what you want to become. 7th to 12th grade should be spent on your interests. This could reduce time in college or even abolish college Another thing I find broken about society as a whole is your grades mean everything. I am a 16 year old with an 83 gpa and I can’t get a car because the insurance company believes people with an 85 gpa and above are more responsible. So they take advantage of “stupid people” by charging more for insurance and give the “smart people” a huge discount. That’s so ridiculous.

[@alexisdeldebbio3503]

Thank you. This helped me with a project for English!! Our teachers should get paid more. Not enough for the lives they touch

[@nightwave3782]

The education model is just flat out an outdated model that no longer serves it's purpose. I would say that a more hands on learning environment would make learning more interesting to students.

[@michaelwu7678]

The problem isn’t the educational system. It’s the anti-intellectual and brain-dead culture. Most of the smartest people in history and today did their formative learning on their own time. But almost no one goes to the library in their free time anymore or reads intellectually important works, like classical literature or philosophy. For most of human history, this was the benchmark of being “well-educated.” Sure STEM is nice, but the humanities are the true source of critical thinking and, more importantly, applying critical thought to one’s own life and community.

[@dominiquecalvillo1479]

Michael Wu what do you think these young people do, just invest billions in private organizations like khanacademy to learn how to cook macaroni? Many studies show people are still intellectually being engaged by rather than books by audio and video formats like KZbin and audible. The problem def isn't the will to learn but possibly too many choices we live in the Information Age for a reason but studies show too many choices lead to no choices and the population is very divided on what's important to learn is it history to not repart our mistakes or math the universal language of science or is it financial literacy to raise a economically smart populous or literature and critical thinking? Hard for overworked and underpaid people who are bogged down from bureaucracy beating out there passion to properly teach all of those and more topics especially a lot of useless ones designed to raise factory workers while those being taught are being challenged in an ineffective standardized fashion to their limits with limited time to be kids, recess times get cut but have no conclusive rise in more successful students.

[@michaelwu7678]

Dominique Calvillo Lol what do you think is the percentage of people who go on khan academy to pursue individual interests outside of what’s required for school? What percentage of people use audible to listen to intellectually demanding books? Very low. The problem is definitely the will to learn. If people had the will to actually learn and educate themselves, “too many choices” wouldn’t be a problem. It’s not that hard to see what people should learn. Bottom line is critical thinking. That’s philosophy. If you don’t have a solid ground in philosophy, history, STEM, finance, etc. are all equally useless because you won’t know how to use them to improve your life. Specifically, the best case scenario is for people to learn political philosophy and moral philosophy. I think this is pretty self-evident for the betterment of society. Most overworked and underpaid people still spend their free time watching tv and reading celebrity gossip. That’s a fact.

[@SCFick318]

Tell that to all the engineers laughing at you, and I'm one of them that happens to enjoy the arts as a hobby. Never would I waste my time trying to be something I'm no good at or rather something I'm not "meant" to be. Granted, I don't feel fulfilled working on amplifiers and ICDs, but it's what I'm good at and I love consuming/creating music, art, videos, film, and literature from all eras. The truth is, I see the "great people" of their respective eras doing what they were meant to do. Forget loved to, forget good at, forget forced to, just meant to. Who knows, maybe I'm meant to be a teacher or lawyer or uh... a gravedigger, whatever. The point is, there's no one way to being "well-educated" or a "great" person. I honestly believe the biggest failure in our school system is the job market. Like the video said, who wants to be a teacher when you get paid so little for doing so much?

[@fntime]

@@michaelwu7678 I think you have the disease of 'intellectualization'. It will not serve you well. Your comments are 'tells'. If you ever knew that, you'd lighten up. Stop worrying about what others do. That doesn't prevent you from doing what you want. But, if you are worrying about society or mankind, then you are heading down a road that is going to bring you unhappiness. You won't be a beloved heroic martyr, you'll be 'the Fool on the Hill' who is getting his just dessert.

[@michaelwu7678]

fntime There are literally millions of people everyday who go hungry, are homeless, or suffer unfair working conditions. So no I won’t “lighten up.” Where do you get off telling me not to care about other people, you pretentious asshole.

[@rebeccadsd8851]

I think that.. homework is too much. They tell us to be with our families and stuff but there is always homework piled on itself. Causes sleep problems and our memory just deteriorates and makes us depressed and anxious. Maybe if others dont criticize as much that wouldent be as much of an issue. This Is why we and up sneaking out of our houses at night and doing stupid things. We also get shamed for not having the grades we are supposed to. I think they need to teach things that actually matter at this point and time. It's not the 50s anymore. There is so much opportunity but... school stops us.

[@fntime]

Most people in US have common sense. They know that the education system should not be the benchmark of our hierarchy. Wisdom & insight plays a small role in our Education System. Money isn't the issue. The system's aim is to indoctrinate people into an ideology that most realize through reason or experience is foolish. When they teach the skills necessary for a successful & happy life then people will put value on 'education'. All of your choices are not addressing the problem. Your presumption that the problem is lack of funds & 'teachers' if they were paid more would do a better job is incorrect. Teachers, for the most part are the worst people in our society to instruct the young on anything. They are for the most part philosophically inaccurate and most demonstrate character issues that should disqualify them. First suggestion. Don't start 'educating' children until they are 9 yrs old.

[@maryditzel559]

Teachers should be paid more and given administrative and curricular support. Classrooms should be structured differently. The curriculum should be individualized and should take different tracks for individual students as they mature. Lots of kids are ready for the workforce halfway through high school. Education should not be "one size fits all."

[@gonderage]

I wish this video came out earlier before I finished my English research paper on the flaws of this system, you discussd quite a few things that I would have wanted to include, like the taxes and funding parts (I would like the sources, too). My father teaches at a high school a few miles away, and I listen to his and his friends' complaints many times when he drives me around town, and I hear a lot about some of the decisions the current faculty makes that negatively affect the school as a whole, such as the new teachers' issues as well as tenured teachers like my father who recently do not receive the treatment their dedicated profession needs to accommodate themselves and students. By the way, what solutions do you happen to have in mind? So far, my father and I agree on discarding the plethora of end of course exams, and I agree on taking action on the privatisation of the educational system (you should discuss that sometime), because I know for a fact that sometimes teachers will cheat on exams as a part of this meta in public education about profit being the purpose for education instead of teaching the future.

[@abigailjudith5916]

Gonedridge So are you saying we should make schools private, because that doesn’t sound like a great idea. That would mean people would have to pay a lot of money for regular education that everyone gets. I’m thankful to live in a household where I can go to school and everything is okay economically, but I have many friends that couldn’t come to school if they had to pay for it, even if it was a small amount

[@ThoughtMonkeyhq]

I think we should focus on soft skills like compassion, proactivity, and happiness, alongside hard skills like STEM. But this happens at the top. I think policy reform is the only way to effectively create change. This means educating the masses about the issue and getting them to vote for people who will push for policy change.

[@TheWinterShadow]

4) Parents are not disciplining their kids like the parents decades ago.

[@barnacles1352]

Then they were way more liberal but more strict in a sense now its the other way around

[@Vic-lr1hr]

Can someone tell me, do public schools receive more government funding when they are doing poorly? I remember reading this but now I can’t find the article

[@ImaDoWatIWant]

I full heartedly agree with you, teachers also have to play for supplies and they don't get paid for time outside of the classroom.

[@MusicaAngela]

Educating and inspiring the parents so that families can provide adequate support and positive involvement in their child’s education. Students are in school for only 180 days a year which is not even half a year and of those 180 days, only about six hours are spent in school. The influence of the family is huge and we need to tap into that. Schools should be more of a community center with the primary objectives that all generations learn to respect the dignity of each person and that bonds of trust become strong by teachers, parents and students working closely together.

[@robertzen1]

The first step is getting good teachers, the second is getting good students who want to learn and the third is getting practical useful education that can be applied to the real world. Money is not the only answer. What motivates people is finding your passion and have a sense of purpose in your life that will drive you further. A well paid teacher that does not want to teach students that are bored or fearful of the next school shooter and a society that lack respect, courtesy and values beyond the material will be doomed. It comes down to having good attitudes and mutual respect of other human beings.

[@DredPirateRoberts]

Robert Zen - “good attitudes & mutual respect”. Zero chance you’ll find that in America.

[@walterworrall]

Curriculum reform

[@abigailjudith5916]

Walter Worrall continue

[@diegoboydferrando5187]

banks need dumbdown people for economic porpuse. this is the best education the sistem can provide, change the sistem and you may change education

[@twn5858]

36k to work 3/4 of the year doesn't sound bad to me. Granted I'm sure the teachers have to jump through some BS hoops that are put up for them on the 1/4 of a year that they get off.

[@ThoughtMonkeyhq]

I don't think anyone is arguing about time off. In fact I'd argue that it might be better to have school year round with several week long breaks along the way.

[@___-yy8ud]

Throwing money doesn't fix anything

[@abigailjudith5916]

Jonathan B But if teachers are unhappy with their wages, it is a contributing factor, if schools have rat infestations it’s a problem (don’t tell me that kids aren’t allowed to go to school if there are rats because my at my school it’s not rare to find a dead rat in your locker especially in the winter time), if kids don’t have the correct materials it’s a problem, throwing money doesn’t help, but we have to spend money on the school system otherwise you get unhappy teachers, in 100 degree rooms, with kids that don’t have notebooks

[@lixibao]

💯 agree!! Dude, are you Yang Gang by chance?

[@sherisetodd740]

I want to spread the word about a danger in schools that involves very abusive humiliation. What this video is talking about is great but children being safe is also important. I want to discuss children being forced to urinate on themselves in school. Children being forced to urinate on themselves or urinate in class can be very emotionally abusive. This type of humiliation can horribly, horribly emotionally affect children for years and years and needs to be addressed.

[@ImaDoWatIWant]

Utah is already trying to tackle this situation. They have increased the wage of teachers this year by I think around 6,000 but I could be wrong on the number.

[@ThoughtMonkeyhq]

It'll be interested to see what happens there.

[@ErutaniaRose]

Tear down and rebuild. Not the actual buildings, though those could use work, but the blueprint for education. Less competition and testing, and more learning, just to learn. It's not that hard. Or at least, it shouldn't be.

[@jeffbrower68]

I agree the educational system does not want problem solving brainstormers, but complacent consumers, I was by a teacher awakened and taught to be a life long learner, thinking for oneself and checking with fact: and testing the cited fact to make sure it was truthful, correct, and from unbiased sources; whatever they at first appeared to be. I played Doom for an hour a day and watched 3 Stooges once a week, then after school and playing in the woods, spent the rest of my time randomly reading the Grolier Encyclopedia set, fascinating what it contained, and the internet back then, and now, kids in America are glued to mnecraft, and care nothing for actually learning anything outside whatever they strive to recite at school...in military or soccer or education, you have to activate the individual... whether the soldier, the player- nope: field dominator, or hungry devourer of information who is going beyond the Renaissance man of the past to at least strive to be better, and if they're not, at least they tried. Today I see 10 year old kids in other countries working hands on in school training for careers American kids won't be ready to handle starting at the age of 21 with no experience, even with 14 years of mine.craft which taxes their neurons and adrenals and throws off the circadian rhythms, and then in fluorescent lighting they're asleep at class the next day anyway. You have to activate the student, and also, many are in a prideful excited neurological state (electrocute those with electrodes? or today's electro-convulsive shock 'treatment'...right?) who hasten to run off a bad plan, so joyously theirs, while the masses scoffed at pessimists who were true engineers and knew, and realized: it's not for the 99 reasons an idea will succeed, but for the 1 reason it will fail, which needs the delay and scrutiny, and so we still have things being made, and better ones, without updating the former, and then we have, 3rd times a charm-better luck next time- leaking reactors that didn't get the upgraded turbo pumps, zoned not in-land with ocean water pumped , but on the waters edge and... we have idiots all over and need geniuses like you to activate, and train, others, who will lead, guide, definitely plan, and, provide oversight to all-too-eager people who learn in the end, 'experience is what you get after you needed it the most,' and 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,' and now, we need engineers to clean an entire ocean of n.clear waste, better luck for the next generation, unless they are also activated as children, and learn for themselves like you

[@kevinjjfr]

Solutions: First - Teachers need to teach more students, football players get paid well because millions of people watch them, the best teachers should be making videos seen by millions, not teaching 32 students x8 at most. Second - Allow self-guided learning, you watch the videos and take the tests on your own, you build your own education resume. Advantages, saves millions of dollars, brick and mortar schools not needed, teachers can be freed to move into practice or tutoring one-on-one, allows geniuses the freedom needed to use it to their full potential. Allow companies to spring up to guide students to the best videos, put them in contact with specialized activities, help them craft the resume they want, and test aptitude and aid them in developing their skills. Disadvantages, Some kids will not do well with personal responsibility, and their parents will not seek help for them. - However this is not much different from right now.

[@lawrencearmstrong8957]

Money doesn't solve the education problem!!! NEVER HAS AND NEVER WILL!!!!

[@jinzhai2245]

“We live in the richest country in the world” Me: I didn’t know Canada go so much money all of a sudden...

[@jjc6530]

It’s not really the system failing the kids fault. It’s the parent making the system like it is to fail their kids and others.

[@EmoPurpleTurtle17]

You're never going to get ahead unless the system becomes more centralised- there are far too many descrepancies in the laws and systems between states.

[@j_gnzz]

1:26 Mychonny?

[@fizzmcdermott902]

Wow, last time I was this early school hadn't crushed my will to live yet

[@gregorymorris8343]

If America is too slow 2 solve there educational problems why don't we use the same format of the top 2 Nations when it comes to education.

[@HomelessOnline]

As with most of our problems, you can blame the government for exasperating that problem.

[@ewallacestudent1]

Free Education could end illegal migrant problem. 100% free on line education offered to everyone all over the world. 100% Politic free edu call it Net3R's after the on line is done you go in and take a test Bada'Boom Bada'Bing you got a certificate. No more Brick and mortar schools, teacher pensions, and no more school shootings. Everyone wins, taxes are no longer needed and we go back to being a free country! Every High School Principal Should Say This kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZbUc5WFlM-jjs0

[@luvblueybingoheeler3150]

I being to hate living in this developed country. Better then living in a undeveloped country, but we can do better.

[@Charcoal111]

As someone who is planning on becoming a teacher, I think that teachers should get paid more, objectively speaking of course ;)

[@joejo8087]

It's too late to do anything, just sit back and watch

[@noahbrown3407]

I agree with reason 3.

[@annawashandcome6480]

Ha! Try reviewing the Greek educational system. The American system is like a candy for us

[@draco6m311]

Change the system itself

[@fortnitenoob3387]

MAKE SCHOOLS GREAT AGAIN

[@zimablue0079]

In half the videos i watch about this stuff students or schools are compared to prisoners or prisons. Hmmmmm

[@mst2628]

Our education system was never meant to educate but to indoctrinate.

[@daveruthenberg5669]

School should be destroyed entirely.

[@bundleofperceptions1397]

The purpose of the education system is to teach citizens to be loyal, patriotic tax payers, willing to give their lives to protect profit.

[@fourtwenty1813]

The useless subjects

[@abigailjudith5916]

four twenty what are the useless subjects, are they useless or just stuff you don’t find interest in?

[@brickphone2570]

* gets shot, jk shoots up waffle house

[@zrowe0233]

A lot of these issues would be solved if our education system was fully privatized

[@tylerslagel5485]

Pretty sure that would price too many people out of actually getting the education.

[@mercadojglb]

home schooling

[@downtowndaniels9238]

we have the wrong people creating curriculums , we have the wrong people putting the half truths in our books , granted I never got a class on real world shit ( credit, loans, stocks , money management ) the environment fucking sucks , everything sucks honestly