Some Solutions for Education

I believe that the funding of sports in schools beyond the purpose of physical education is a gender-biased waste of taxpayer funds that properly belong in the classroom. Women should be up in arms that secondary schools spend about three times as much educating boys as they do girls, and this difference is due to the emphasis on sports. This is a primary reason that education in the US is rightfully rated below that provided by all other first world nations and some second world nations. I believe further that this fiscal prioritization of competitive athletics is nothing short of government subsidization of an entertainment industry whose overall economic benefit to the citizenry as a whole is dubious at best.

I believe that teachers at the primary and secondary level who can not properly and proficiently read, write and speak English should not be certified. This is another primary reason for the failure of American education. However, ensuring the ability of teachers would require additional funding, which can be found in my belief statement about athletic programs.

I also believe that students and parents should take more responsibility for their roles in the failures of American education. If one complains about something, then one should make that complaint meaningful by taking action. Complaining without taking action makes one as much a part of the problem as those actively involved in creating the problem. Getting the word out, which this writing is about, is part of solving the problem. Getting involved, rather than treating education as a baby-sitting service, is critical. Students and parents need to get involved with their teachers, their administrators, their schools, their schoolwork, and each other if real progress is to be made