There are numerous changes that need to be made to
the public education system in order to promote future success for our country.
To illustrate, teachers and parents need to be far more strict and attentive
when dealing with students. Educators in the classroom should discipline the
students in a manner that does not discourage or frighten their students. At
home, the parents need to closely monitor their child’s progress in school and
not simply trust or assume that their son or daughter is doing well. Money in
education is another factor that needs to be addressed. The money public
schools say they need in order to help the students is simply not true. In an
article titled “Do Public Schools Really Need More Money” author Donna
Gundle-Krieg states that public schools do not need more money to successfully
educate students, but rather more dedicated teachers who care about their students
and feel as if “it’s their calling” to be educators. A school does not need a
fancy swimming pool or an all weather track to help their students excel. This
emphasis on bringing more money into the public school systems ultimately funds
a school’s new swimming pool, wrestling room, and or track. Furthermore, in a
Q&A, Peter Thiel brings up a very good point when he says “I think we have
to shift the schools from being run for the benefit for the teachers and
towards the benefit of students trying to be educated”. In public school systems
today, a student is tightly bound to the curriculum that is provided by the
state. This form of educating students fails to promote the individuality of
each students mind and rather shapes the knowledge of every individual into a
specific mold. Each student is basically taught in similar fashion and has the
relatively similar knowledge as 2,000 other individuals. In order to create a
world full of diverse minds and free thinkers, the government must take action
and to begin the process of creating a system of schooling that revolves around
the students.
"Do Public Schools Really Need More
Money?" Examiner.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2012.
"Big Think." What Is the
Government's Role in Public Education? N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2012.
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