Education

http://rjlieffortusg.blogspot.com/2008/06/root-of-all-evil.html

There are many good thoughts and ideas in this post. I think the statistics prove that our primary education is extremely sub-par compared to historically 1st world countries. I think one of the points left out here is the education level after primary school.If we take a look at our universities, there is a dominance of foreign students, especially in the more recent years. Our universities are still regarded as the top standard across the globe, and people come from all over to gain from our great education. The problem is that these people are given easier admittance to our colleges, rather than giving preference to people who will take their education and use it in our country to help us progress. Instead, foreigners are benefiting from our teachings and strengthing America's competition, thus reducing our dominance as the global leader.The public school system, however, is indeed very sub-par. Our students are rarely encouraged to focus on education, as they see people on TV that are very successful without needing to be educated. The No Child Left Behind act is basically forcing people to learn who likely donnot want to learn. If our country could regain the image that education is a positive thing, and we could motivate students to want to be educated, then our children would try to learn instead of being forced.This act both gives students a negative vibe about learning, and limits the education potential of those who actually want to push themselves in school, without being forced to spend a fortune in private schools. While I agree that our system is flawed, it is not near the "root of all evil." I would love for every person in our society to be extremely educated, but the truth is we cannot function as a country this way. We would be forced to increase the level of illegal immigrants to run our restaurants, grocery stores, car washes etc... It is true that the act may put a limit on a students potential, but the truth is, once they get to college they can get a great education (if they can manage tuition.) We are by no means and uneducated society, and we have the most dominant economy in the world. Our education system obviously isnt acting like terrorism for our society.