The US is an anti-intellectual country. \u00a0You can’t discuss the pleasure of learning although good teachers can not help but convey enthusiasm. \u00a0We are focused on two main goals. \u00a0One is to get everyone up to speed at a practical and necessary level in mathematics (or arithmetic) and reading. \u00a0This goal is commendable, although not at the sacrifice of enriched classrooms full of books and charts and maps.<\/p>\n
The second part of education is tied to the job market. \u00a0There are plenty of jobs in the US, despite high unemployment figures. \u00a0But the jobs that go begging are for engineers, and at the very least symbol manipulators. \u00a0In Germany, companies train their employees. \u00a0 It is politically incorrect to say in the US that any student should not go to college. \u00a0Yet any one who has taught knows that it’s easy to assess who is not going to benefit. \u00a0To charge our already overburdened educational system with leveling the playing field at the core and preparing the mass of students for the jobs of the present and future is really too much to ask. \u00a0The ensuing chaos reported in the Economist was predictable. \u00a0 \u00a0Education and the Core in the US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The US is an anti-intellectual country. \u00a0You can’t discuss the pleasure of learning although good teachers can not help but convey enthusiasm. \u00a0We are focused on two main goals. \u00a0One is to get everyone up to speed at a practical … Continue reading ![\"Education-](\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Education-USA.jpg\")
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