We hold up education as one of the keys to success. This philosophical idea has been preached to generation upon generation of Americans.
The state of America's education system is the topic of the discussion in the video featuring Dr. Boyce Watkins and Dr. Lamont Hill.
Do you have any thoughts on how we can improve the state of education? I'd like to know your views on this subject.
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I have so much to say on this subject that I could post a whole week and still not be finished. But I'll give you the short version.
Having been an instructor at three levels--middle school, high school, and college--this is what I see that could possibly be done.
First of all I agree with much the gentleman said, some of it I agree with but think it is not practical, some I don't agree with altogether.
First of all, it has long been suggested that American children do not spend enough time at school. But no matter how much time you spend in school, it means absolutely nothing if that time is not quality time. We could do more if we simply use our classroom and school time more wisely. We could do more if we did not have to spend so much classroom time dealing with unruly behavior. Which leads me to another point.
We talk about more money is needed, but the money currently being spent has to be spent more wisely. Instead of spending so much on equipment and materials, we have got to invest more in the training of teachers. We could earn every teacher with every bell and whistle available, but if the teacher does not know how to deploy those equipment and materials, then all is for naught. Also, no matter how much you spend, it doesn't make sense if the end user, the student, is not prepared to receive instruction. Which leads me to my next point[s]:
1. We have got to better prepare our students for school. I have witnessed children coming to school not being able to recognize their own name but can do every dance know to man.
2. We have got to put a better value on education. We want big thangs, but we don't want to do the big thangs needed to get them. Students just don't value education anymore. They would like to spend more time acting a fool than learning.
3. Teach proper behavior at home. You can't teach them if they do not want to behave. And contrary to popular belief, the teacher is not there to make them behave. The teacher is there to teach them. The more time the teacher must spend making them behave, the less time the teacher has to instruct them.
That's all for know. I didn't mean to go on for so long but education is a subject I am passionate about.
It's all about the money! America funds wars and bails out countless corporations, yet in still there's no bail-out for the educational system.
And on top of that, what good is a higher education when the job market is equally as ill-equipped.
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