[GoLightly]

The American education system is about producing more sheeple & that goal has nothing to do with educating our kids.

[21st Century Man]

The whole situation has become self-replicating in our culture due the dominance of the entertainment/media conglomerate. The sheeple lead the herd right over the cliff and it's worshipped as "culture" and "art".

Never has there been a more dumbed-down populace hell-bent on self-gratification. I'm afraid to see what will happen in the next 5 years as the economic facade collapses before our eyes...

[Eska]

The problems in education are a bigger reflection of America's disintegration as a society. The failure of the American family has a greater effect on education than all the teachers out there; but we will never see parents held accountable.

Typical high school has 40% that don't even want to be in school, 50% that just float through (many eventually getting it together), and 10 % high achievers that know where they are going at 16. That top 10 % are our America's future leaders and why we will survive as a Nation.

[Lawgvr1955]

The American education system is about producing more sheeple & that goal has nothing to do with educating our kids.

That is why I don't refer to them as "public schools". They are "government indoctrination centers".