An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Public Education Fails Our Children
The American Public School System is a Failure
by J.D. Longstreet
I was en route to someplace, or other, a few mornings ago, when I had to stop my truck for a school bus to load some reluctant students.
As I sat, waiting on those youngsters to board, I thought how unfortunate they are. They were being transported, “free”, to a “free” public school for a “free” education. Of course, that depends on how, exactly, you define “free”. But a “free education” is for another article another time. I am more interested… no… maybe the word should be… “concerned”, or even”troubled”… by the quality of the education or children are receiving in our existing school public school system today in America.
For the few short minutes I sat there, I thought back to an article I wrote some years ago about this very thing. Later, when I returned to my office, I rambled through my files until I discovered it, read it through, and saw that nothing much had changed. So, I have decided to post it here today.
This piece was written back in March of 2005. Now that I have two grand kids in the system I speak of here, believe me when I tell you I am very troubled by the quality of the education I am afraid they will receive.
Here is what I wrote back in 2005:
Read the entire post here.
I’ve made no bones how I feel about the current public education system. I don’t see a need to stop now. One of the worst things that ever happened to the entire system was being take over by socialistic unions. Now, teachers don’t have to actually teach to get paid. They just need to promote an agenda, and they’re set for life.
When you stop and think about it, it’s rather mind boggling that I got a better education that those who graduated from high school even 10 years after me. (Yes, I went to college, but didn’t finish.) It’s also rather disconcerting that I know more about many things than today’s college graduates (The future of our country? God help us!). I was taught the importance of being able to spell and to read, with comprehension. I was taught grammar, punctuation, etc. I know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide, without a calculator. I learned the history of our nation, an the history of the world, without the “America is evil” commentary. We learned the good, and the bad.
Please, go read J.D.’s post. He’s got some REAL good ideas. No, the answer is NOT to throw more money at the problem. We’ve seen how well that works with lower and lower test scores. Ask yourself why home schooled kids do better than those in the public system. Wonder why the majority of them are better behaved, more mature, and coherent when they speak.
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Youd think just putting the words “public” and “schools” together should make people cringe. But its the lazy American mentality of “its easier to let other people raise my kids.”
Kinda like how back in the 80s people would just drop their kids off at the mall, and let the mall raise their kids.
My parents did it, but luckily for them I had a brain in my head. We need to start holding PARENTS more accountable, and the schools will become less of an issue.
To some, kids are no more than trophies. “See? Look what I made!”