We call ourselves the most advanced, the smartest, the most evolved. Yet we fail in simply subjects like geography. Our literacy levels are abysmal. Many people in our society could not even spell abysmal, much less know it's definition. It is sad that such an influential country sets such a terrible example.
Obama recently addressed children in classrooms across the country. His message was clear, stay in school, go to college, get an education. I wish he could hold good on his promise.
The first things cut in the budget are always Healthcare and Education. That is ludicrous. The two things a country needs most for a prosperous and intelligent society are the first things to go. That line of thinking makes absolutely no sense. Why would the first cuts go to the most vital programs? School has never been more expensive and our country pays the most of any for health care. Shouldn't those be the last things cut?
It is not lucrative to educate a society. They consume less and question more. That is why the government fails so miserably at reforming our society. Big money is made off snack food sold in schools, unnecessary consumer goods imported from cheap labor countries and trends put forth by advertising agencies. Corporations control government with lobbyists and campaign contributions. Business reforms and government contracts. Those are the priorities. Not healthy educated people.
People who know about economics don't get sucked in by stupid sales gimmicks. They don't spend beyond their means. They questions authorities decisions and hold them accountable for their actions. They observe and analyze society. They do not go down like sheep. They do not accept this ridiculous cycle of governmental corruption at the hands of big corporations who have no regard for public welfare. They grow up to be lawyers, economists, green business owners, entrepreneurs, politicians and activists. People who want real changes.
It seems ironic then that people are not educated in this country. That a country built on the foundations of progress and equality is one of the most unequal countries in the world. We say all these things about education and children, but we do nothing about them. Students are left without books or directions, buried under conspiratorial bank loans just to try to better themselves with college. It seems as though the country is set up so that all that is preached is made unattainable. Like we are meant to struggle.
The struggle is what makes money. The struggle is what the corporations want. It is what keeps the status quo. If we are made to desire all these things, then we will do whatever we are told to try and get them. IF making more money will buy me more things, then I need to make more money. Students are drawn into college and then away again for the same reason. Money. It is so ironic to me that it is the same reason for both decisions.
Kids are conditioned by media to want certain things. Nice clothes, big houses, fancy cars. Yet when it comes to education, the key to getting all that, the banks work to make it hard. The system works against you. Colleges are set up with standards and restrictions that only some are allowed in. Not the most intelligent, but the most connected. Those who will bring the school prestige and awards. Championships and notoriety. Even our education system has become corrupt.
Obama preached about education, but I think only as a last resort. There are no jobs for these kids. No factories for the average person. No good wage for an honest days work. No where else for kids to go, other than a school that will not teach them how to do a job, because there are no jobs to do. There is no education not sanctioned by the government. No classes on how the world really works, or how the government screws every day people. How billions are wasted in wars for profit while the poor die on the front lines for a few measly dollars in a corporate profit margin. We speak of education, but hold it for the few, the proud, the rich. It is not for the innovative young mind, or the politically aware youth. It is for the cookie cutter with the white collar. He who will uphold the status quo. Those that wish to make a difference are left a outcasts. People with crazy idealistic visions. Wild dreams of a world at peace with earth and each other. Those people are crazy, not students, sociopaths. Right? Right?
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