Jan 10 2012: If the U.S. educational system is so successful there would be no financial crisis, lower unemployment rates, and less homelessness. Did you know that in some schools there are janitors with PhDs? The educational system is failing badly and it's pathetic how there are still people who believe in it. Nobody asks to look at your report card during a job interview, nobody asks for your report card when you fill out the applications for a credit card. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs both dropped out of college, yet they are probably the most successful Americans today. There is barely anything we do at school that will concern our lives: we do not talk in Elizabethan English, we do not calculate the joules of energy needed to fry an egg, we do not use the law of frictions when we want to make a turn when we drive. If the grading system rules out how successful we will be, our Nation would be ruled by nerds. I'd like to see how they can solve our problems using intricate calculus principles and physics equations.
So in general, the US education system is a piece of shit. It has been modified to meet the needs of the industrial age and has not evolved with time. I suggest you start reading some books and see how our educational system that you're so proud of is failing. Seriously man, stop living in a fairy tale.
Jun 5 2011: i can definitely feel the intensity in his music, but i don't think i'll be able to listen to this sort of music for three hours. it'd blow my head right off
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So in general, the US education system is a piece of shit. It has been modified to meet the needs of the industrial age and has not evolved with time. I suggest you start reading some books and see how our educational system that you're so proud of is failing. Seriously man, stop living in a fairy tale.
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