Education by Nick

Everyone has always heard the saying "education is so important and a necessity in life to succeed". This is something all our parents have probably relayed to us at one time or another in our early lives. This is true to an extent. Back then, every child was told that they need to go get an education and go to college. So students had this goal and went about trying to achieve it. The problem today is that this push as we call it or thrive that is presented to our children or students does not have the strength it once did. The message is no longer strong enough to push students. I believe society itself has gotten lazy and that is why students today are not graduating and dropping out of college at rapid rates, simply because they are not influenced enough and not pushed hard enough anymore. Another major concern in education is the focus. Today, there are too many factors distracting kids from going to school and getting an education. Drugs, TV, Violence, video games, and excessive partying are causing students to be distracted which in turn causes lower test scores and lower graduation rates. If this continues, more and more students will fail college, drop out, and find other things to occupy their time which usually aren’t the best choices. We as a society need to find a way to distract students from the distractions and get them back on course with school. Another strong concern for education is the lack of funds and teachers to teach students. Today, more and more jobs in education are being terminated which means larger class sizes and less materials for students to use. This will result in less focus, less learned, and a higher dropout rate as well as failure in life. Unemployment the past few years has been the lowest in a very long time. If teachers don’t start getting paid what they should, as well as being hired by institutions, it’s our kids and grandkids that are going to struggle the most in life. We may struggle in life now without an education but if education continues to go downhill, society as a whole will fall into turmoil. I feel the videos view on education and alternatives to failure were a bit abstract. They weren’t really focused on one particular way to improve education. However, I feel that education is not simply going to be fixed by a single policy or law, but rather than a strong push by every member of society and government. No policy will fix something completely. It may help but the overall cause will not be affected.  Politics have always played into education as well. One individual voted in by the people may be strong on education where other politicians may not consider education a great concern. I think politicians over time have both positively affected education and vice versa. I believe it all depends on the politician. In my own opinion, I feel that a more centralized system of education would get kids on track. I feel that there are too many educational systems in the country that are failing because they don’t have the funds or teachers where other parts of the country have the best. I feel that id education is treated as the military, then test scores would increase in poor areas and the system of education would equal out throughout the country. Teachers should be assigned to schools just like soldiers are assigned to a particular base. This way, there is not once place lacking qualified people. It sounds a bit farfetched but if you think about it, wouldn’t poor areas of education seem to get better? I do believe that changing paradigms will benefit our society. I believe all students and members of society need a new focus and alternative in order to become more successful.