Having no social life makes a child have a very low self-esteem and thats why America is one of the highest ranked for having a high self-esteem cause children do have a social life. In China their lives are more stressful than ours, because they try so hard to receive their parents approval, which is very hard to get. Then, in America we live less of a stressful life, because we put our sports, jobs, and having fun before we even thinking about school. Thats also another reason why China’s grade are better than ours. America just doesn’t care about schooling like China does.
The way TV is used determines how people behave in their everyday life (Tufte 71), making it an easy springboard for “marketers [to] sell lifestyles and sell-images attached with faux values” (Hill 350) which renders children more likely to fall victim to this consumerist, superficial society. According to Rachel Cooke’s study, children spend an average of more than 38 hours a week consuming media outside of school. Consequently, corporations hire advertisers to target children by using
For decades, most people have been led to believe that public schooling is a good thing, and is in the best interest of children. But it’s time to face the facts – public schooling is not the best that Americans could be doing for their children and their families as a whole. Though the numbers for specific states vary, it is said that on average, school districts spend about $10,591 for every individual student in public schools, per year. Catholic and other religious private schools are, on average, $6,000 to $7,000 dollars per year. The education children receive in private schools is far superior to public schools, and per capita, the price is technically cheaper.
School vouchers can give the parents a choice on whether they would like religion to be a part of their child’s life. The voucher program will increase diversity in all schools. (Messerli) A big con for school vouchers is the increase in property taxes and decrease in state funding for public schools. When a child chooses to attend a school other than public with the voucher program, the school of choice will receive funding. The school voucher program will cause more budget cuts in the public schools.
Standardized testing vs. Non-standardized testing Standardized testing is a universal term; commonly used in education throughout the world. Our generation has been said to be the most tested in history. Each year the government spends millions on these standard given tests, determining whether or not each student measures up to par in the standards they have been presented with. They have come to the conclusion that the easiest way to chart the success of one school is to follow these results. Rating education, strictly by the numbers is the wrong way to measure a process as complex as learning; therefore, standardized tests are unfair measurements of student’s intelligence and academic performance and should be reconsidered.
Racism in Media Media is our biggest challenge of the new lifestyle that we’ve adopted. it represents one of the most powerful institutions in our society, the key instrument that we use in our daily lives. We are living through a period of time when racism in media is alive and around us. Racism in any form is evil, but in media more so because everyone, even small children can see it and they learn racism at a young age and think that it’s right. Racism in American pop culture is not new.
At every level of education – from nursery to university – upper and middle class children tend to do better than working class children. This remains the case even when they have the same intelligence quotient. MATERIAL DEPRIVATION During 1960’s, sociologists claimed that the low attainment of many working class pupils resulted from a lack of something. They were deprived. This deprivation was material, a lack of money and the things that money could buy – and cultural, and absence of the attitudes and skills that were needed for educational success.
“[…] while the age of consent has remained the same, the age of knowledge has been hurtling down through the ages”. This tells us that children spend too much time around television and games. The media covers every topic that a parent should be concerned about their child being exposed to including sex, violence, suicide, drinking, drug use, and eating disorders. The media teaches children that they should look and act a certain way in order to be accepted by peers. Dr. Huffman goes on to make another good point: “With schools and parents not always eager to tackle the subject adequately, the media have arguably become the leading sex educator in America today.
Joshua Hannan Freshmen Composition 12/16/2012 The Truth about the Homeschool Environment Over ninety percent of school-aged children in the United States attend public schools. Less than five percent of the remaining ten percent are homeschooled (Ray B. D., 2011). Because many believe that homeschooled children are put at a social and academic disadvantage, many desire homeschooling to be strictly regulated or even banned. In reality, many studies show that homeschooled students tend to excel in these areas, and the desired public school “socialization” can actually prevent children from reaching their full potential. Despite opposing ideas that suggest parents don’t have the qualifications or resources to successfully educate their children and are pursuing home education only to avoid opposing values, research show the positive social, emotional, and psychological development of homeschoolers; there are, in fact, many public school parents that would benefit greatly by embracing some of the characteristics of homeschooling that create such a positive learning atmosphere.
For all that money, we achieve outcomes: 42 percent of students who enter a four-year institution fail to leave that school with a degree within six years, and studies find that many students' improvement in thinking skills is insignificant or nonexistent. Graduates typically leave with mountains of debt and struggle to find work.In a trend that would have been unthinkable ten years ago, Americans are expressing skepticism about higher education—not just with their voices, but also with their pocketbooks and their time. At all but the most elite schools, application numbers are down, and students are increasingly choosing less-expensive schools, starting at community colleges, or otherwise seeking to control costs.Colleges are feeling the pinch. Specially college tuition has become a major issue for the middle class family. It was too high for them, but the education system of college is the same like it was 50 years ago.