In the video that
we most recently saw that was based on the educational system within the United
States we learned many things that we ourselves could not believe were going on
in our educational system despite of it being a main focus in our country. All this
time I thought that no public school was different based on teachings but as I continued
to watch the video I noticed and it was even said so in the video that schools
in areas that are full of poverty tend to be pretty bad. The reason I say bad
is because the students that attend those schools do not necessarily score good
on tests but the people to blame for that is indeed the teachers because of
their surroundings and pay could possibly be an issue. In the wealthier and middle
class areas we were able to see that school is better and that the teachers
that teach there are better than in impoverished areas. But combining those two
together they make our educational system look bad as a whole and that is why
they say that it is broken because of the fact that it is quite unfair. People are
taught differently depending on their surroundings. In general though we are
not that advanced and doing good as we should in our educational system because
we are ranked pretty low in numerous categories and many developing countries
are on top of us which is not where we should be since we are a leading nation.
If you look at the fact that it isn't training people to be intelligent and
skilled who can do more than just follow orders that happens outside of the
public school system by and large. If you look at the problems with school
violence, low academic standards, lack of response to demands of the local
public, etc. then the American public school system is very broken. There
can be solutions to all of these things and one that I think that should really
be taken into consideration is paying teachers more because if they are paid
more than they could possibly teach better since they know they are being
rewarded for it.
