We are in Trouble

We are in trouble

As we know the American school system has always had their own problems in today’s society, well unfortunately this not a new problem, this problem existed during the cold war as well. Russia became the first country to launch a satellite into space, which did not sit well with a country like the United States. America did not have to look far to find out why they were not first and the answer was their educational system. It was a good scapegoat unfortunately it was a necessary one, the educational system in the United States is a more relaxed system then those around the world. That is because Americans are very spoiled and take their educational freedom for granted. Some countries such as Russia and many other European and Caribbean countries, education is not free at all. Students take their education very serious; because they know they are fortunate to get the opportunity to attend school, they also know that their parents are the ones making the sacrifice to be able to send them to school. When they are in the classroom they are attentive and very excited to learn, because they know the importance of an education. On the flipside the Americans take this same education for granted, one thing I’ve noticed going to school in America and comparing it to my school experience in my home country of Haiti is this, Americans are more distracted by trivial things such as the sneakers and clothes the other students are wearing, another thing I’ve noticed is that they are more interested in being cool instead of doing good in their studies.
This is one of the reasons American students have the lowest scores in international tests, when compared to other countries around the world, even those countries that are so called third world countries. This is the reason then and now American schools administration had to look at this and the only thing that they were able to come up with is the standardized testing. This was to improve their student’s knowledge by teaching only the subjects needed to pass the test. Unfortunately subjects such as economics, geography and history have taken a backseat and in some cases not being thought at all in some high schools. This has to change or we will have a bunch of students that enter higher education and not be able to function correctly because majority of the subjects that they need to be successful in college were never thought to them in the high school and elementary level.