Education in America

I recently read an article about the fact that about 50% of our kids aren't graduating from high schools, particularly in the inner cities. Duh! Would you want to go into a war zone everyday to learn from a frustrated teacher who is forced to accommodate every learning type (i.e. visual, auditory, ADD, ADHD, disabled ect.) not to mention every non-english speaking illegal immigrant that enters their classroom. Teachers have no authority in their own classrooms and what's worse is the students are actually handed a "students bill of rights", a tool often used to threaten teachers by those they are entrusted to educate. Don't even get me started on what we pay them...in Los Angeles, the computer system was so screwed up they were loosing their homes because their paychecks were getting lost in the system.
Well intentioned parents will do back flips to keep their kids out of these "poor" districts, and those who can't will seek alternatives such as a district transfer, moving altogether, home schooling or charter schools. I've tried all of them...private, home schooling and charter schools and I live in the suburbs! The schools are overcrowded and bullies and thugs roam the hallways. Perhaps it is because the use of our public school system is considered a "right" instead of a "Privilege". My grandmother had no more than an eighth grade education, because she had to go to work to help support her 11 brothers and sisters. My mother rued the fact that she never got to go to college. Today, even receiving a high school diploma is no guarantee that you can put an intelligible sentence together. Gone are the days that kids were happy to go to school just to get out of laboring in the field or factories. Now if a kid isn't in school they are making a killing selling drugs, or just killing depending on if you are in a gang or not. If you aren't into selling drugs, you are probably into taking them. Our kids are home playing video games and having sex while their parents (both of them or all four of them sometimes...in cases of divorce) are out busting their butts to keep a roof over their heads and to keep them in the latest fashion, gaming system, or new cell phone. These things come in handy when trying to organize a kickback with the in crowd.
Which brings me to the real problem...THE PARENTS! Face it folks, the nuclear family went out with birth control and abortion. When women mastered their biology, they fled from the home and into the workforce...who wouldn't given the choice. Homemakers aren't revered in our society, and motherhood in the modern era is a nightmare. I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but the truth is that when women abdicated their role in the family, there was nobody there willing to pick up the ball. The men sure as heck weren't interested. What with all that inconsequential sex to be had, who had time for staying at home and running a household full of rug rats? So divorce sky rocketed, families blended, everyone is looking to be somebody to everybody else, and the kids suffered. Surprise, surprise! Maybe these changes are evolutionary and it will all work out in the end. Guess we aren't really reaping what we have sown... no, we are just in a sticky stage in the evolutionary process right? The problem is, I'm not sure we aren't de-evolving because we've become selfish. We think sacrificial giving is stupid and the Christianity is limiting and outmoded. God is dead. What did you think would happen, Silly?

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