Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- As a nation, either our kids are getting dumber or everyone else's are getting smarter. American 15-year-olds ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math in a study of students in 34 nations and nonnational regions.The Program for International Student Assessment study, coordinated every three years by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, definitively shows U.S. students are no longer ready to compete against the world's brightest.
Which brings me to this: Why are we still giving them the summer off?
-cnn.com by Lz Granderson
This is a joke right? What is this Burma? Look I've never heard of this Granderson bro, but he had to be that kid in 3rd grade that tells everyone to be quiet when the teacher leaves the room right? Just a pure brown-noser. But hey, I'm going to give LZ the benefit of the doubt here and consider what life would be like if children stayed in school all here round.
In short, it would suck. First off, by virtue of a simple argument, all of those other countries with higher reading % don't nearly have as many people in poverty, people that can't learn to read, as us because they simply don't have as many people. Numero uno in reading? Luxembourg. Population 35 and they are all bankers, so give me a break LZ, come to me when India can read like this. Secondly, math and science have never been our forte, and until we start convincing our kids to do math problems for 8 hours a day while getting hit with rulers like in Japan and China, it won't be. I'm not saying that the kids wouldn't benefit and learn more from school all the time, but all work and no play makes lil willie a dull boy. From an economics stand point it makes no sense, the kids will be pissed, the parents will be pissed, and productivity will just plummet. Mr. Granderson, you my friend are incorrect in your assessment. Last time I checked we want a country of men and women who know how to work hard, and party harder. Those are the children I want, not Ivan Drago Robots.
Posted by Mucc.
My favorite line: " all of those other countries with higher reading % don't nearly have as many people in poverty that can't learn to read as us" no wonder we're lower in reading percentage. Also, the U.S. maintains one of the lowest poverty rates in the world. Nice try, Mucc.
ReplyDeleteActually, 10 of the 13 countries ahead of the US in reading have lower poverty rates.
ReplyDeleteWho cant learn to read in the US?
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