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Submitted by Keekz123 on March 5, 2008
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Will American Education Crash?
Like the stock market, American education has its ups and downs. Unfortunately, today American education is coming closer and closer to crashing. If the stock market crashes people lose millions of dollars. If American education crashes the country will lose millions of intelligent young minds. Just as if a stock holder was to make poor choices, people everywhere today are making bad choices with how students across America are being taught. This will lead to the downfall of education for our younger population. What are the bad choices leading to this downfall? Michael Moore, Benjamin Barber, Ted Gest, and other writers agree that there are a number of problems with the way our educational system works in America. The writers suggest that the main problems are the way teachers are being treated, the lack of government funding, and corporate sponsorship in schools.
Moore’s essay “Idiot Nation” and “Tough Choices or Tough Times” both agree that the way teachers are treated contribute to the problem in American education. Moore believes that hard working teachers do not receive the respect they deserve. For example, Moore says that “teachers are now politicians’ favorite punching bag” (160). He also explains that “The vast majority are dedicated educators who have chosen a profession that pays them less than what some of their students earn selling Ecstasy, and for the sacrifice we seek to punish them” (160). This writer feels that teachers deserve more than what they are currently receiving. Moore agrees that if we want children to receive a good education, America needs to respect those teachers who are giving it.
“Tough Choices or Tough Times” states that due to the lack of respect for teachers this job is not appealing to those who would be rightfully qualified for the job. This essay states that “we recruit a disproportionate share of our teachers from among less able of the high school...
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