Summary Of My Lazy American Education System

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Life is what you make of it”. There is no better phrase to describe the current state of the American educational system. People look at the educational network across America today and ask themselves why test scores and educational standards are lower than they should be in such a prospering country right now. Government officials wonder, ‘What can we do to make the schools here better? How much money should we put into hiring better teachers and buying new technology for the schools? Should taxes be higher in order to account for the so-called “failure” of our next generation’s education?’. Government personnel lack the ability to step back and look at the bigger picture of this issue. It’s not the teachers;

This is just one of the many statistics showing how the laziness of students is affecting the general views on the intelligence of our next generation of students. If students are not willing to challenge themselves to read books that are at least at their grade level, how do they expect to succeed in a college English class? Students must have the drive to challenge themselves to reach new levels and take in every bit of information given to them. In an article titled, “My lazy American students”, Kara Miller explains how as a teacher who has taught in both American schools and international schools, it is shocking how unmotivated her American students are in comparison to her international students. Miller also explains how although the rapid rise in technology in schools is very useful in some areas, it has come with a price. Students would rather sit in class and text or play games on their iPads than listen to a lecture about the economy. In Cartoon 2, children are shown strapped to machines that prevent them from exploring more liberal subjects like arts and science. This again relates back to the idea that a student’s educational experience is what they make of it. If they are unhappy studying the basic core subjects, then they will have opportunities to explore everything that spikes their interest once they get to their university of choice. However, if they are too lazy to put forth the effort to succeed in secondary schooling, there won’t be any