American Education Sucks

[notanengineer]

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Why limit yourself to strictly American education? I see no reason why this problem is solely endemic to America. Unless, of course, we’re talking about nations where the average student already undergoes a heavy self-selecting process, since education is not offered to the general populace.

Because her speech was about American education and this thread’s title is “American Education Sucks”. Also, it’s my understanding that the average student in America cares less about education than the average student in many of the countries that now surpass us. For example, the average American student is often more concerned with:

• xBox
• StarCraft
• Sex
  Countries like Korea, for example, only deal with one of those problems.</p>

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This is interesting. I wish to learn more. Can you provide some links or sources?

The United States has fallen to “average” in international education rankings released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, according to the AFP.</p>

<p>America has received scores around 500 on a scale that goes up to 1,000: 487 in math, 500 in reading and 502 in science.

[U.S&lt;/a&gt;. Falls In World Education Rankings, Rated ‘Average’](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>U.S. Falls In World Education Rankings, Rated 'Average' | HuffPost Latest News)

Given what the United States spends on education, its relatively low student achievement through high school shows its school system is “clearly inefficient,” McGaw said.</p>

<p>In all levels of education, the United States spends $11,152 per student. That’s the second highest amount, behind the $11,334 spent by Switzerland.

[U.S&lt;/a&gt;. Education Slips In Rankings - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/national/main838207.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody]U.S”>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/national/main838207.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody)</p>