Scientific Data on the Education System:
Please consider this video on leaning how to learn.
The
USA is a prime example of the education system gone wrong.
Percent of U.S. adults who
can’t read
|
14 %
|
Number of U.S. adults who
can’t read
|
32 Million
|
Percent of U.S. adults who
read below a 5th grade level
|
21 %
|
Percent of prison inmates
who can’t read
|
63 %
|
Percent of high school
graduates who can’t read
|
19 %
|
Consider
this. It is the law that a child in the USA must go to school
and stay in school until 16 years old.
How
is it possible for every child being required by law to go to school
and we have such a horrible set of statistics?
So,
the education system invalidates itself from these statistics. It
is not all worthless but if they don't know how to teach
someone to read and write, there is something really wrong with the
methods. Or we are breeding morons who cannot learn, and that is a very strong possibility.
You
can see a strong correlation directly implied to
crime and people who can't read as well.
What
your teacher is trying to imply is that you should not be allowed to
think outside of academia for some information as it may not fit
the beliefs, methods and criteria they have established.
I
teach people to think for themselves and to study all facets of any
subject from any place you can find information. Then verify that
information for yourself and don't just
accept authority especially when that
"authority" seems to be grossly failing to teach.
Consider
that it is not just the teachers fault, but its a failing system, and
if we keep going in this same direction it will continue to get
worse. This is obvious.
I
am sure teachers don't start out with the idea of failing to teach
but the system used is not working. They are trying to do their best
and I am assured of that. You cannot just blame the
teachers.
The
USA is now #28 in science in testing of college graduates even with
PhD's.
In
1969 USA engineers put man on the moon using slide rules and
rudimentary computers. This was done in the old fashioned
engineering methods of design then testing and improve design then
more testing.
Now
all physics and latest studies on physics and experiments are performed in Europe.
I
think that we should reevaluate the teaching methods
used back in the 1950's and 1960's when the USA was the top of all
technology and do some testing on those methods.
If
you are a teacher, why would you disagree with this? Do you not
want to get to the bottom of this problem and seek solutions?
I can remember going to school with students who were held back as much as 3 years because they simply did not get passing grades. And we would have some really tall people in the classroom in 8th grade who were shaving. I think the peer pressure and humiliation motivated them to get passing grades and some took summer school in order to catch up to their age group.
Do they do this any more?
