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I totally agree. American society is increasing adopting a "one-size-fits-all" mentality. You can see it also very clearly in jurisprudence. I think that's shameful, especially in fields that is American by nature--public education and law.

It's pretty fascinating that so many of you have the same opinion. Just goes to show the extent of the damage in the system. It works really well for some people but a nationwide education system needs to be more flexible than that.

That is not, I think a problem. What better way to measure success as a whole than by the potential instilled on those at the bottom of the ladder? The truth is, I think, that every society moves at the speed of the slowest. Rather, my problem is that the current educational model is outdated. It builds and is built upon ideas that are no longer relevant in today's society. That is the real issue here and what I believe is the root of all the other problems people attribute to education.

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Armorare requested a rant about education. Sure, here it is. Sorry that it's not great writing. I didn't really have time to organize an essay, so this is really just a flow of unprocessed ideas. My main issue of the American education system is that, in this day and age, it is an obsolete system that caters to beliefs that are now far outdated. The current system, more or less, is largely the same as it was when it was first conceived. Granted, there are differences such as teacher's unions, standardized testing, and various programs, but the blueprint of it has not been revamped significantly. The system, then, is based off ideas dating back to the Enlightenment and caters to an economic atmosphere of the Industrial Revolution. When it was first designed, it was revolutionary. It was theory put into practice. Never before have the people of a nation been given such an equal social endowment before in history. It's no coincidence that this period saw America's greatest growth. This, however, is a mechanic that had aged. The revolutionary ideas: every child should be given an equal opportunity in life, are no longer so revolutionary. Some might argue that it is no longer even feasible. The economic situation has also changed. No longer is America developing into a powerhouse. Today, in the midst of globalization and radical competition between nations across the globe, education should prepare students for more than working in a factory. You might say, "no, schools aren't expecting students to all work in factories after graduation", and that's true. But how the system is designed, that's still how kids are prepared. Deadlines, obedience, discipline, promptness, even the way students are grouped, by age, all reflect the old Industrial Revolution. Surely, today, these are still important. But do they prepare students for a globally competitive environment? Does obeying superiors and doing as they say without question foster the intellectual curiosity and divergent thinking we expect from our nation's greatest political, economic, and social leaders? Too many teachers, furthermore, follow this system without question. English teachers teaching basic classes in high schools are notorious for telling students "formulas" for writing, as a way to make sure they can at least do the bare minimum and hedging a bet that that's all they will need. "You need a TAG statement in your introduction." "Your thesis may not be the first sentence." "The first sentence should go something like 'In literature, race has often been an issue that is discussed'." In higher level work, none of these rules are strictly followed, and in fact they are almost always broken. If every professional writer started his essay by saying "according to Steinbeck's novel, of Mice and Men, blah blah blah"? How many writers use the same boring, monotone sentences each time? An when writing about the same subject, no writer begins the same way as another. The fact is, apart from grammar and vocabulary, in regular High School English classes, you rarely learn anything worthwhile about writing. True, in higher level English classes on the AP and maybe even the Honors level in some districts, as well as in higher education, you learn proper writing, but how many students take that path of education? If such styles are not taught on the most elementary levels, then the school has failed to teach them. We, as Americans, should find it revolting that students with in inability to write properly are being thrown into a world where writing and communication is everything; absolutely crucial. How are they expecting to perform on the caliber of foreign students, who consistently prove that they are better than Americans at writing? Furthermore, the goal of education needs to be relooked. It's based off a commendable idea, yes. An equal social endowment for all citizens is indeed an honorable cause. But clearly, it is a lost one. Not only are students from different areas of the country performing differently, students from different socioeconomic backgrounds also perform differently (on standardized tests). I am not saying that we should give up on education the masses, but clearly we should abandon the idea that at the end of 12 years, assuming kids even get 12 years, each individual will have received the same education. Because that's not true. We are kidding ourselves. Instead education should refocus on the individual. The child himself. We give each child a letter grade, but what really does that letter mean? Who is that child being compared to? The "perfect" student? Perfect says who? Yes, the grades are based off simple answers that are either right or wrong, but since when has it been American to accept just one idea as right? During the Industrial Revolution, perhaps such a state of affairs was acceptable. But in today's global economy, divergent thinking should be the pride of our generation. The ability to problem solve and conceptualize is an extremely important trait. Being able to only perform programmed tasks, such as choose the one right answer, only turns men into machines. And sooner or later, these men's jobs will be replaced by actual machines. And why not? It serves us right, if we are not looking out for our children's education. At least there is someone out there thinking of a better mousetrap. Socially speaking, people are almost always grouped into two groups: Academic and Non-Academic. Smart and stupid. Intelligent and dumb. The smarts get the good grades, go to college, and become successful. The dumbs do not. But are the dumbs really destined to be "inferior"? Do the academic people manage the factory, while the non-academics work in it? No this is an outdated model. Success is not to be divided into two categories. School results should not be placing students into these two categories. It's saying that the only valuable thing about a student is his ability to say what others want to hear; what is "correct". Is that the type of leader we want in the highest echelon of our society? There is so much more to a person, and our current system utterly fails at identifying it. Capitalism has also known the power of the "Invisible Hand", that force that pushes us to become bigger, smarter, and more efficient. It has affected nearly every business, yet education remains an outpost. Education has not been revolutionalized for our modern era. We have not created a more efficient and more competitive workforce. We have been producing the same workforce that was served us in the past, under the misconceived assumption that it will continue to serve us for years to come. Soon, China will become the world's biggest economy. Students in Europe and Asia consistently show they are better than Americans. It's think to rethink the type of workforce we want to produce. In today's global economy, we must increase our standards. We cannot simple give each child a basic education. We must give each child a stellar education, and not just the same one for each student. Education needs to target students. Throw aside the idea that each student will be given the same endowment. Instead, why not give each student a specialized endowment? American education today is not bad, it's misguided. It is preparing students for a era that has long passed. This is evident from every facet of the classroom. The concept here is simple: we must change the education system to prepare students for the reality of the world today, a swirling, global atmosphere that values divergent thinking, creativity, collaboration, and competitiveness on top of the age-old rites of hard-work, discipline, and intelligence.

American education? Don't get me started I have HUGE problems with this education system...

did not study 34 on ACT, first test 2220 on SAT, first test studies 2100 on SAT, and thats the second test length of my calculus notes last year: 30 pages average time used for studying for school each week: less than 10 minutes hours per week spent at swim practice: 22 hours per week spent at swim practice during the varsity season: 32 and people ask how im almost maxed

beat our rivals at a swim meet today feelsgood

[hide=] THESE PYRAMIDS ARE GLORIOUS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BONERS TO THE HARPIE GODS WHO LOVE ANALYZING DATA WHILE TROLLING MERE [/hide]

THESE PYRAMIDS ARE GLORIOUS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BONERS.

You made it a habit and now you will slowly obey Wait, wha-MASTER I AM AT YOUR COMMAND

You made it a habit and now you will slowly obey

The school my friend applied to was like 80% male 20% female lol i was like WHY

boswell's london journal most boring and useless book I've ever read for school srsly wtf

Most people probably use the SW one, given that it's the closest to the RoW teleport/Varrock Diary Teleport, and that's where all the dicers used to be.

lol magikarp. i remember in late gen 4 when magikarp rose to the top of the Uber tier usage because some kid decided to spam a bunch of matches with magikarps LOL

oo shit the kid with the dog and the laser arrows? shit shit shit whats his name

ya the WC master is north of fally now

isnt that the show where they have huge foreheads?

tbh i dont know why i ever buy the capes

[bleep] no besides i found him

I CANT [bleep]ING FIND THE WOODCUTTING MASTER WHAT THE HELL IS THIS

MUST GET VICTINI

DOES IT HAVE V-CREATE???