Top Problems With Public Education And How To Address Them

By Karina Frost


The world is full of people from all walks of life. These people are easily being placed into boxes, too, as discrimination is fast becoming rampant in almost all parts of the world. The world is always handed out in a silver platter to those who are rich, powerful, and brainy. The elite enjoy the best of everything, while the average guy has to work his buns off to survive from what little options he is being presented with.

Since nobody is created equal, discrimination remains to be alive, even though people share the same innovations to help them make their lives a whole lot better. The ones born into a privileged life get to enjoy more privileges even when they do not ask for it. More and more opportunities are denied to the average guy. People live in times where you have to give your best early on and keep at it until somebody better comes, which is why one has to come well prepared by obtaining a good degree in spite of all the problems with public education.

Basically, education refers to that form of learning in which the habits, skills, and knowledge of people are being transferred on from one generation to the next. This is often done by subjecting the succeeding group through teaching methods, training, and application of intensive research. Most of the time they learn under the guidance of someone deemed superior, but there are the exceptional ones who learn by themselves.

Education, like everything in life, has its different stages as well. Every learner has to go through each individual stage if he is to complete his formal education. At the end of every specific stage, his triumphs along with those of his batchmates are celebrated in the form of what is called a graduation exercise. The different stages are the preschool, primary, secondary, university or college, then internship. Some go through each one, while many opt not to complete it.

Since every citizen has the right to education, public or state schools abound the country. These are academies mandated or offered to learners, free of charge. They are often funded in whole or in part by taxation. Sometimes, non government groups also extend a helping hand to such institutions.

They are built to produce graduates that will become very effective members of the community. But somehow, in these modern times, they have not been able to do what they were meant to pretty well. Most graduates they have produced have often fallen short of what is expected, sometimes lacking the necessary skills and even the basic knowledge.

Educational systems often put the blame to many external factors beyond their control. At the topmost of the list is the lack of involvement of the family with regards to the education received by the children. They prefer to leave all the work to the teachers, when in fact the upbringing of kids is their sole responsibility.

Sometimes the very hindrance to a successful graduate is the student himself. The mind has the ability to absorb only what it likes, which is why many do not learn much. They are more engrossed with other activities, failing to realize that their future is at risk.

Finally, poverty is also considered a contributory factor. Some hardly finish studying because they have to work. Even if schools are now rendered for free, there are still some expenditures needed to be able to send a child to school.




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