American Students Falling Behind
The topic I chose for my essay is the fact American students
are not keeping pace with the rest of the world’s students. This is actually
very alarming and upon doing some research the numbers didn't make me feel any
better. Other industrialized nation’s students are outperforming us in almost
every category currently tested. Consider this, The United States came in 23rd
or 24th in most subjects; we can quibble, or we can face the brutal
truth that we’re being out-educated (qtd. in Lee). The nation that once led the
world in education is now at best 23rd?
How did we ever get this far behind other countries? That is
a much debated issue with all sides not seeing equally on how to proceed
forward in fixing this problem. If we do not get this headed in the right
direction soon, upcoming generations will feel the effects of a world who does
not believe in our capabilities anymore. The far reaching economic impacts of
letting other countries slip by us are going to be detrimental to our society.
We have to turn this around.
We must start to turn this around by insisting that educational
excellence become a priority for our politicians and educators. It cannot be
fixed overnight, but we can turn this around with some hard work and
dedication.
Works Cited
Lee, Kurtis. “Math, Science, Reading scores show U.S.
schools slipping behind.” PBS Newshour Extra, 10 December 2011. Web. 19
Novemeber 2013.
Wow, I had no idea. That is alarming to say the least. The fact that our schools are falling behind as well as the nations credit rating falling makes me fear for the foreface 'standing' that we are losing as a nation. Good choice of research choices.
ReplyDeleteJason, I have a little bit of information I would like to share on this topic in defense for American students. haha In America, all children go to school, and therefore all children are tested and all American scores are averaged out. In other countries, such as Japan and China, at the end of elementary, all students must take a test. If the student scores high, they are allowed to go onto to a school that prepares them for college. If the student scores low, they have to go to technical schools that prepare them for a certain job. Only the students in the "college bound" school are tested, and these are the scores that are compared against the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteWow, great feedback Brooklyn. Where did you get that information? This is the first time I've ever heard anything like that.
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