<p>It shouldn’t have been a valedictorian speech.</p>
<p>But the truth is there. America is failing as a whole. The education is just collapsing compared to so many other nations. Most people on this site are wonderful, promising students of the future, but those that make no attempt to learn what a Pell Grant is and would rather join the workforce, is what brings this nation to its demise. Teachers who strike and protest, while their AP students are clueless on the test, is whats dismal. It doesn’t matter who or where you’re from. College is getting more competitive- life is, really.</p>
<p>But still. Graduation isn’t a time to bring that up.</p>