America's Proctologist Called... He Found Our Education.

        So you want to know the truth about American Education? To be honest, you can’t handle the truth. No one can, because they don’t want to believe it. They will turn their back on the truth for fear of learning the truth. No one wants to see the truth behind his/her child’s or their own education. Especially not when you’ve spent the last twelve years of your life slaving to the standards of the “so-called” American Education. We are taught to pass a test for the first ten years of our studies and once we pass that, we are taught for the next test. MCAS to SATs are the make-up of our entire schooling. Not once have I been offered a class in Ethics, or better yet, Manners. Not once have I been offered a course in Appreciation. Not once have I been given the opportunity to keep my book closed and learn solely from my own experiences. The paradigm behind American Education is to educate by the book and for the book, not by the people for the people, ironically which is what our country was founded on. So why has our education stepped in the opposite direction? Why is it that we are not taught morals, or respect? Why are we not taught what we need to know? I have been told before that in school I am to learn theories and formulas, and on my own time I am to learn the “extra” stuff. The problem with this theory is that I do not know what it is I need to know.

        Too many times have I been faced with people my own age who are oblivious to the teachings of life. Too many times have friends of mine been faced with life challenges that they could not handle. Too many times have I seen these same kids break under the pressure. They know how to study, how to pass a test, and how to get good grades, but what they do not know is how to balance a checkbook, how to show affection, or even how to listen to their conscience. A key factor to making it in the big world is common sense, which of course is lacking in the majority of teenagers (and adults) that I know. I have yet to find many people who can make sense of the experiences that they encounter. They are lulled into the routine of acknowledging their daily happenings; however, they do not know how to delve deeper into the meanings behind their actions. They know what they’re doing is either right or wrong, but they do not know how to control whether they continue doing this or not. They wake up every morning expecting someone to explain it to them, but it never is. And so, again they look to the books that they have been given to teach them, just as they had been taught.