The US is already terrible with education and now it is becoming even worse. Our government seems to not care about the future of tomorrow, but just the present. Our future leaders are going to be as dumb as George W. Bush here soon. The reason I say this is that the budget is being cut for state governments. So instead of cutting stupid projects they are deciding to cut education budgets.
States are figuring they do not need to pay teachers more than 30K a year for several years and they will stay with the job. A lot of teachers are now figuring out, “Hey I can make more money being a waitress or a nanny.” They are then leaving their jobs because they are not being paid what they are worth. If the teachers are not leaving on their own, it is because they are being forced to by their administration. My girlfriend is a teacher in the special education department, and she received a letter stating they were going to cut the special education program. HOW DO YOU CUT THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM!! Now all these kids with disabilities have no where to go? They may either have no education, or they may be put in with regular students. Then they may be bused a hour away to go to a school that does have a program.
Now I am seeing in the news that Kansas City is getting rid of 50% of their schools, just shutting them down. They will be laying off over 700 faculty members. Now you are going to have several students in smaller schools and like 80 students per one teacher. It is a fact for maximum knowledge there should be no more than 24 students per a teacher, but in reality we will say 30 students per a teacher.
Utah is currently trying to get school sytems to get rid of students senior years now. Lets throw students into college at a younger age instead of giving them the extra senior year they may need to get more development skills. If Utah does this, will other kids at states have a better chance getting into college because they in fact would have more education?
This country is in a deep mess and I hope something changes soon. Education is so important, one of the most important parts of our lives. So many people would not be where they are without teachers. Teachers deserve to be one of the highest paid positions out there. I can still name all my teachers I had from Elementary to High School. I can think of all the professors I had that made a huge impact on me too. They mold us into who we are and how our brain works. There would be no doctors, lawyers, politicians,etc. if it was not for some one to teach you what you know today.
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