To play devil’s advocate, that’s not what they’re saying.
They’re saying that other countries education systems are roughly equivalent to the US, and in that scenario, they’d rather still be able to use their stock piled capital to pay for the best of the best from other countries to immigrate to the US.
No. Other countries education is nowhere near equivalent to the US.
From another comment of mine:
My wife woke me to the abysmal nature of education in America. Not even mad or condemning us, she’s merely puzzled. She has a degree, and 40+ continuing ed certs, in early childhood education. Oh fuck me y’all would be swole if you knew what I knew.
I’ve seen videos of her teaching in the Philippines at her own little school. In one exercise, 3-year olds are funneling colored water into containers. “What are you teaching here?” “Hand eye coordination.” Fuck me, we were thrown on the floor with blocks until we were 5, and kindergarten was still mostly daycare. These “schools” won’t allow her to teach anything. The mildest proposals are met with, “We’re not doing that.” She has been denied when asking to draw up a lesson plan.
In the Philippines, they start reading at 3. By 4 they know 4-5 letter words and have started arithmetic. And this isn’t some tiger mom bullshit. These kids are having a blast! They love competing and helping one another. One 6-yo got on stage at a graduation thing and gave a talk. I seriously doubt many full-grown Americans would be as smooth. Hopefully we’ll get the school reopened back there.
Here in America, she’s given up her career, nothing to be had but minimum wage. She could make more at Walmart and actually have benefits. She has a pretty great job now, loves it, but it’s not her passion.
Americans are uneducated and lazy as fuck. We cannot continue to coast like this or the American Century is over. Hell, it’s already over.
To play devil’s advocate, that’s not what they’re saying.
They’re saying that other countries education systems are roughly equivalent to the US, and in that scenario, they’d rather still be able to use their stock piled capital to pay for the best of the best from other countries to immigrate to the US.
No. Other countries education is nowhere near equivalent to the US.
From another comment of mine:
My wife woke me to the abysmal nature of education in America. Not even mad or condemning us, she’s merely puzzled. She has a degree, and 40+ continuing ed certs, in early childhood education. Oh fuck me y’all would be swole if you knew what I knew.
I’ve seen videos of her teaching in the Philippines at her own little school. In one exercise, 3-year olds are funneling colored water into containers. “What are you teaching here?” “Hand eye coordination.” Fuck me, we were thrown on the floor with blocks until we were 5, and kindergarten was still mostly daycare. These “schools” won’t allow her to teach anything. The mildest proposals are met with, “We’re not doing that.” She has been denied when asking to draw up a lesson plan.
In the Philippines, they start reading at 3. By 4 they know 4-5 letter words and have started arithmetic. And this isn’t some tiger mom bullshit. These kids are having a blast! They love competing and helping one another. One 6-yo got on stage at a graduation thing and gave a talk. I seriously doubt many full-grown Americans would be as smooth. Hopefully we’ll get the school reopened back there.
Here in America, she’s given up her career, nothing to be had but minimum wage. She could make more at Walmart and actually have benefits. She has a pretty great job now, loves it, but it’s not her passion.
Americans are uneducated and lazy as fuck. We cannot continue to coast like this or the American Century is over. Hell, it’s already over.
So your point is that other countries have better education systems? In which case, you’re agreeing with my point.