Everyday you hear politicians talking about what they feel is wrong with the American education system. Well here it is, not from a politician looking for votes, but someone that has lived it. The school system is not improved a bit in the last 25 years, as a matter of fact it is worse. When I was a girl in school teachers were at school for an hour after school let out grading papers, cleaning chalk boards, preparing for the next days classes. Yes, that's right they were there after the bell rang. Nowadays the teachers almost run over the kids getting out the front door when the final bell rings. And they don't teach your kids anything anymore, they only prepare them for state required testing. You can't get your funding if you can't pass these state run test. Extra curricular sports, when I was in school it was haves & have nots, and truly is still that way today. Your kid does not have to be good at a sport to be on a team, you as a parent just better have a very good income, or be prepare to do the fundraising, booster club meetings, & all the volunteering your time will allow you to do & you still see your kid, who can play the sport, sit on the bench while the kids whose parents have big bank accounts play even though they are not helping the team. Do these coaches & teachers not understand that these have not kids need to excel at these extra curricular sports to help there future educational goals, no because how could they afford all the little extras if the team was just full of talent instead of checkbooks. Now the states are starting to take over school districts that do not conform to what they say is acceptable standards. Then they start talking about taking extra curricular sports away from these schools, are you people hearing me, they want to punish the kids that are trying in school, trying to get into college is virtually impossible to pay for college nowadays & for the have nots of the world the only way to go is thru scholarships that REQUIRE extra curricular activities, community service, grades, test scores, & the list goes on & on. Open your eyes people these kids are the future of this country & if you don't wake up soon this country is doomed to produce even more dropouts then it already has. Do not give up on these kids, they depend on us to help them have a brighter future then we made for ourselves.
