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Should the US invest more in education?
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Currently the United States is 5th in National spending per student but ranks 17th in overall educational performance. So this isn't an issue of needing to throw more money at Schools and the Education system, this is a matter of overhauling the current education system that was designed as early as 1920 for factory training and efficiency. Our current educational system is controlled majorly by people who have no educational background or training who work in fields and offices that are unrelated to education and the needs of children in regards to schooling.
In essence: Overhaul is needed. When something is broken and doesn't work, shows no signs of improving and continues to get worse over time despite best efforts and massive amounts of money invested into it...at what point should you consider that it's time to look for another way?
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Vaulk I agree we should invest in changing the education system. Still I believe we should put more money in are education system. Things like school buildings, lunches and teacher salary can improve if we invest money. We can also invest in finding better ways to educate.
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You don't pay school taxes, do you? I'm already paying almost twice as much in school taxes as I am in property taxes, and I don't even have kids, but at least I'm still working. How many senior citizens should lose their homes in order to finance this expanded education funding?
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Singapore has the statistically the smartest students, yet they only spent about 5 billion dollars on education
The United States however spends $634 billion on education and is nowhere near the top ten list.
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Storytime: I sat in my freshman orientation course in 2016 listening to what sounded and appeared to be a seasoned professor explain that there were certain skills that employers would be looking for in College Graduates that they hired. He rattled off all the skills above and about 10 more and explained that if we wanted to be competitive in today's market...we would need these skills. After listening to this guy explain for about 15 minutes why we needed these skills he gave us an opportunity to ask questions so I raised my hand and asked "So where are these skills trained on this campus"?
He looked at me like I had a phallus growing out of my forehead. He said "I don't know if I understand your question". So I said "If I asked you to point me in the direction I needed to walk to find the classroom on this campus that will train me to use those skills, which direction would you point"? He looked down as if ashamed and realizing a fairly serious error before answering "You can't get those skills in college". He explained that while the concepts might be explained in great detail...the skills aren't trained and there's no practical application training of those skills on University campuses.
Lucky for me I chose to enter the service after high school and I already had them. I was asking the question more for the 80 other kids in the room that had hopped straight into college after high school. This is a classic representation of the failure that is currently called "Public Education". They don't teach BASIC skills in public school and the sure as hell don't teach them in College.
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I'd genuinely love to hear how that works but I'm apprehensive about any type of training on critical thinking in a classroom environment. This is kind of the issue with the other skills I mentioned, while teaching the concept and even executing practical exercises can be really great...it unfortunately is not enough to prepare you for critical thinking within the real world. I'll give it to you that you must grasp the concept in order to apply it but application without real world context leaves you with the knowledge of how something works but not the ability to use it realistically.
Think about it like swimming, how much can you really learn about swimming without getting into the water? And how skilled at swimming can you realistically become if you've only ever swam in an indoor pool?
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