Why are American kids so dumb?

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by DanS
This is silly. Americans are among the most educated in the world. Certainly more educated than those in the vast majority of European countries.

However educated they are, this doesn't empirically translate into cultured and bright people. BTW, the most educated people are those of the former communist block.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by mrmitchell

And we're still a nation of single-digit IQs.

Yeah.. Al Sharpton for one.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

we also spend more money per student then every european nation, yet we see less returns. we should scrap it all and move towards privatization.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I am going to say this once more tests dont measure the precise IQ of anyone. I back this with some kids just suck at tests, and Ill Throw in any person can be having a bad day and do poorly on the test that day but ace it on a good day.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
we also spend more money per student then every european nation, yet we see less returns. we should scrap it all and move towards privatization.

our system is worse than EUrope, so let's move towards the exact opposite method of education that most of Europe uses... that makes sense!

[Jon Miller]

in the US teacher is not a big imporant job... one which attracts the best

in Cyprus, for example, teacher is one of the best jobs, and it attracts the best in school

this is some of it, I am sure

JM

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Europe doesn't have TV's?

At least most of Europe has TVs which show a large enough amount of English-language programmes that the viewers learn a foreign language while they watch it if nothing else.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Sava
our system is worse than EUrope, so let's move towards the exact opposite method of education that most of Europe uses... that makes sense!

Is our system really that much worse? I think American universities are far better then anything they have in Europe. I investigated various universities in Spain and Italy, and I disliked the method of teaching. It is more memorization based then applied based.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Teachers are not the most respected profession. But to label the american kids as dumb because of a test is not accurate. as for european tv ill say one word Benny hill. Not the sharpest tool in the shed there.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


Is our system really that much worse? I think American universities are far better then anything they have in Europe. I investigated various universities in Spain and Italy, and I disliked the method of teaching. It is more memorization based then applied based.

I'm talking about public schools K-12, not universities...

[Ted Striker]

The school system really has broken down in major ways.

Ask ANY teacher if they would recommend teaching as a profession, and most of them will say no. They work long hours, get crap pay, and the kids have a host of social problems that didn't exist before.

The kids spend most of their day now learning how to take tests instead of learning how to think.


On top of that, there is an increasing emphasis on living a hedonistic lifestyle (the Paris Hilton way).

[Sava]

there is an increasing emphasis on living a hedonistic lifestyle

[mrmitchell]

Mrs Tuberski individually you're correct but as a whole you don't think Europeans can be bad test-takers or have bad days too?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, that is funny coming from Ted.

[Ted Striker]

Like when 9th grade girls are pretending to be lesbians in order to attract guys! Crazy!!!