Why Is America's Education System Failing

Is America’s education system failing? Is America failing the education system? These are questions asked by all Americans whether they are parents, students, teachers, etc. Americans have been arguing over the education system since as far back as the 1900s, and are continuing to grow in controversial opinions. Many people believe that America’s education system is failing the children and not preparing these young citizens for the real world during, and after college. This becomes an important discussion especially when it concerns the well-being of children and their education. Though the education system may need sprucing up, America is failing the students and passing up their opportunity for a bright, educated future. There are thousands …show more content…
It can cause the victim to enter, maybe permanently, a very high emotional state, including anger, sadness, fear, stress, anxiety, and mental instability. Child abuse can cause a student to become reckless and violent to any extent. So here is a scenario: There is a little fourth grade boy coming home from school as normal everyday. He walks in the front door and instantly hears his parents fighting. The boy walks into the living room where the parents are arguing. Now finish the story. In many abusive families, there are usually two different events that happen. One is when one spouse will try to physically attack the other and the child will stand in front and be abused instead. Another common scenario that could happen is when the abusive spouse becomes violent and actually does beat up the other spouse, usually in front of the child(ren). Nonetheless, these events permanently traumatize and scar the student for the rest of their lives. Scenarios like this also shows the child that violence or mental abuse is the answer to a numerous amount of situations and “problems”. So believing this lie the child goes to school as usual, but has a good chance of now acting aggressive, distracting, and/or violent to faculty and other students. Sexual abuse is similar to physical and mental abuse, and could lead the child into starting or forcing sexual acts at an early age. Being introduced to any kind of abuse, if not helped in the right ways, …show more content…
Things even as important as school supplies are very difficult to afford. The top priority is usually food and a few other basic needs like clean water, clothes, or shoes to survive. Being poor can create a lack of motivation, cause an extremely low performance rate in the student’s schooling, and can definitely lower self-esteem. Many children are not able to even perform a simple act as showing up for school from an early age. Without the ability to go to school, many kids grow up and go through life with little education. Ashley Garris has been working with education for more than 10 years. She works as a reading, language arts and history teacher. Ashley Garris wrote an article titled The Impact That Poverty Has on Learning in the Schools for our everyday life. Garris has this article split into sections of “Symptoms of Poverty”, “Children’s Readiness for School”, “Effects of Poverty in the Classroom”, and “What to Do”. In the second section, “Children’s Readiness for School”, Ashley Garris writes that “A young child in poverty may not attend preschool, may not receive adequate health care or nutrition, and may not experience enriching activities such as taking trips to the museum or having educated adults who read to them” (Garris). When students are too poor to buy the resources they need they are unable to be prepared for many opportunities like field