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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] I have to agree with the comments made by Omega and Aethelwer. The US education system does suffer from a lack of quality. A while ago there was a ranking of each nation's student aptitude to math and science, and the United States faired pretty dismally. I can't find it at the moment, but I'll look for it when I get a chance. I think there are many reasons for this. One of which that the US youth seems to be more excited by the Internet, cable television, and Play Station than by reading, writing, and math. Not that I can blame them, then I used to sit in class dreaming of the day that I would be of legal age to drop-out. However, my parents rode my ass all the way through junior high and senior high school. Which leads me to another I reason that I think exists: parent involvement. Most of my friends in school had both parents working, and their involvement in school work amounted to, "So, what did you do in school today?" However, I think the main reason could be the teachers themselves. There are a lot of wonderful, dedicated, and highly-trained teachers out there. I know because I have had some of the greatest teachers in the world. But, there are also quite a few teachers who are teaching only because it was their back-up plan. I had a history teacher in 9th grade tell me that Hitler was a pretty good guy and that the US lost Vietnam because the VietComs (yes, that's what he said), sabotaged our equipment. Thankfully, he wasn't my regular history teacher, but I wonder what else he puts in his students' minds? On another angle, there are many people who have the aptitude, patience, and caring to be wonderful teachers. They won't pursue that profession because it is low-paying and, in some parts, not a real respected career. Because some people who are capable of being great teachers but choose not to pursue it, I think standards have been lowered and many school districts have been hiring anyone competent enough to fill vacancies. Right now, Houston I.S.D. is launching an advertising campaign to fill its 1000 spots for the coming year. I wonder how many under-qualified teachers will be hired and how many qualified teachers will be hired but assigned to teach subjects outside their field? The teacher on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" I think was simply asked a question that did not pertain to her field. Geography has not really been a big important subject in Texas schools, to be certain. It was only added to the Texas curriculum in 1996 (I believe), and then it was only added as a requirement to the advanced/honors transcript and not the general transcript. Of course, that could have changed by now. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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