American Education System gets a Reform Job

Oh, man, was I in for a shock. I have a video that everyone should watch:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=17824978

This has to be one of the funniest videos in a long time...and it's all true! See, the problem with the American education system is that it's stuck. No one wants to take the time to really sit down and address the problem with education.

But then again, it's not the education system itself, but rather where exactly the schools are located, you know, in which districts. Take me, for instance. I went to Camas High School, and the district itself had plenty of money. Now, on the other hand, take Flint, MI. Over there, it's very, very poor. There's not a whole lot of money pouring into the schools, so kids are forced to get into the military just to go to college.

Flint, as it happens, was the site of one of the biggest car manufacturing plants in America. But, what, 10 years ago, it folded and moved overseas, single-handedly killing the entire town. Now, Flint is a shadow of its former self, with high unemployment and a ton of military recruiters. These recruiters prey on the kids who have no out, because they can't afford to go to college. Their school relies on NCLB funding, so they don't learn anything important, which only hampers their chances of going to college, and the government just doesn't care about them.

All of those factors are the direct result of the free economy that we have with the rest of the world. The globalized economy let that one factory, which employed thousands of people, pack up shop and move across the globe to a place where they can make cars for a fraction of the cost. This, in turn, killed the city, which in turn killed the education system, which (in turn) led so many kids to join the armed forces.

Welcome to America.

-Anteaus