The problem with our Education system in America is that they teach us worthless stuff in school like an example of this is they teach the students things that they will never use when we become adults. Many schools don’t focus on the important things that the students need when they go for a job instead schools continue to fill the students heads full of math and english now i’m not saying that math and english aren't important is just that they teach the students english and math that that the students will never use in their life or will ever help the students in life. A speaker that we watched in class by the name of Ken Robinson talks about how schools don’t ever encourage and reward creativity but instead gives awards to students who …show more content…
What a lot of the jobs that the college graduates want are more interested in the students have skills such as critical thinking and communicating and solving complex problems. A lot of jobs consider the skills to communicating are more important than a college degree. I personally agree with the statements the author made about jobs care more about critical thinking and solving complex problems than college degree is because if you have a college degree it doesn't necessarily mean than you are well fit for the job,(“It Takes More than a Major”:) I can bring another example from my cousin who has a Bachelors of science for accounting who spent nearly two years looking for a job for accounting many of the jobs turned her down she was telling me about how many of the jobs didn't really care about her degree in accounting what they wanted was a candidate who had experience it goes back to show what the problem is with our education system is not preparing the students for the job difficulties they will face on the long