12/22/99: Education in Today's Society...... need I say more?

Well, after Graduating with my Class in June of 1999, I decided to look back at my days when I went to School. Since then, it has donned on me that it seems that the majority of Teachers these days just don't seem to care about the education students receive. In the entire 12 years of school, I have only had about 9 teachers that actually made learning fun. These few teachers recognized the potentials,etc. of their students and made the class fun. Now, mind you what I'm going to say is not coming from a crappy student, on the contrary I was a great student: I passed all my tests (from Honors English to Physics to Economics (w/o ever studying =P )) and did all my work (I'm not saying that I'm perfect, I screwed up alot during the years). The rest of the teachers could care less if you passed or not. I witnessed teachers ask why a student doesn't come to class and when someone says "oh, he/she dropped out!", the teacher would just say "Oh, OK" and that would be it. Heck, some teachers can't even teach! I have had a few teachers that refused to change their teaching habits to accommodate their students needs, and thus half the class began to fail. Other teachers just like to talk about themselves and what they used to do or what they are doing somewhere and even still the majority of teachers will just up and give-up on a student, if the student doesn't do their work and/or other things...

I mean come on people! Why do you think American kids score lower than their foreign counterparts?!? Here are some reasons:

1. Families are not as good as before, many kids have to live in divorced or abusive homes or even still their parents just seem to let the kid do whatever they want and get whatever they want.

2. Today, Schools do not have appropriate funding to do anything anymore. They have to cutback on after school activities, they have to use books that are 10 years old or approaching!

3. There is a serious lack of obedience in schools these days, it always pissed me off when some jerk would start talking loudly with some one across the room, and/or acts like a wise-ass with the teachers and/or other students.

4. Many students would rather drop out then get an education, because "I don't like school!" or "Its to hard!". This seems to be rising these days... they would rather work at burger king and/or sell some dope than actually learn something! People if you are like this you are STUPID! Let me put it in another way... do you want to make $5 an hour for the rest of your life or do you want say $25 an hour? You need and education

Anyway, If you have a comment about this rant or any other, feel free to E-mail Me