MyTwoCents

Are education standards where they should be in the 21st century?

Absolutely not, I’m just going to touch of the surface of my views because this is a very general question.   I think education in this country has become like so many other things; a great concept that is taken too far.

Higher education in this country used to be a privledge and an amazing accomplishment…now it is simply another step in becoming a contributing member of society.  This is ridiculous. I don’t think that college is right for everyone and I don’t think it should be as important as it has become for many jobs.  Not everyone should be able to get into college and college should be a challenging four years at the end of which, a degree is EARNED and not paid for.

Additionally, I think we are asking way too much of students in younger grades.  It is no surprise to me that so many students are falling behind and being classified in schools.  I am a recent college graduate, and and I returned to a second grade classroom a few months ago only do find the class doing triple and quadrouple digit multiplication problems .  I was still working on  memorizing my times tables in fifth grade with the rest of peers.

We need to stop having unrealistic expectations for students, and in higher education, we need to stop caring about getting a check and start caring about students earning their degrees.  We have so many students passing from year to year and still, so many uneducated people.  Something is wrong here!