In the article Kelley and McGraw state, "There's no simple fix for America's struggling education system."The United States may be strong militarily but are we meeting our expectations educationally? I think not. There are many schools around the United States that have not prepared the students enough for them to succeed and bypass others around the world. There are also many countries around the world who are ahead of us educationally. I support the military, but our education is more important, therefore we need to focus on that.
"It's not the plays, it's the execution that counts." said Rockne in the article. There are teachers who believe that a lesson will teach everyone the same, but in reality, we are all different. We, the students, have different ways of learning. Some of us are visual learners, some can learn by activities, and some can learn by listening but in the end, we are all different and all require different methods of learning and receiving the lesson. I, a student in high school, believe that we must step up our educational methods and prove to them that we can take over the top.
The author concludes that, "The U.S. education system ranks 17th among developed nations, according to a report that education firm Pearson and the Economist Intelligence Unit released in November. It ranked Finland and South Korea as providing the best education systems, followed by Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore." We may be able to brag about being a world leader since 1945, but clearly we are not as advanced educationally. 17th place among all developed nations is not that great. We need to step up our game and show the rest of the world we can lead in every aspect of life.
As a high school student, this saddens me. If we were in the same level as Finland or South Korea, I could assume that we, high school students, would be better prepared for the next steps in our lives and we would also have better test scores. If we aren't learning all that we can at the best capacity, then we need to try harder. Teachers and students both need to give it our best and try harder than ever. We can be at the top yet we want to slack off and it shows in the end. We are ranked 17th and that's not very good. I am part of this and I feel like we could do much better.
The United States has not done a bad job with our education, but we can do better. We have the talent and resources to progress through the ranks and be placed in the top 3 nations with the best education, we just need to put a plan together and start removing parts that are affecting us.We can do it, the only thing needed is the motivation. I can see this happening within the next few years, can you?
