I don't mean to sound hysterical, though this is becoming a pet peeve of mine, among domestic issues. The Department of Education is not doing their job, and if it were a private corporation with as dismal a track record, their C.E.O. (are you listening, Donald Trump???) would clean house with multiple firings, and forced retirements. I suspect that the problem has less to do with bureaucratic incompetence, and more to do with a "Deep State" conspiracy to "Dummy Down" our school systems, in order to make our work force less competitive with the other nations of the world. Throw in the Government Employees' Contract, which has built-in restrictions that make it so time-consuming to try to fire an incompetent employee as to be virtually impossible. Incompetence is rewarded with Union protection, so why should an employee strive for excellence in their job?
If my suspicions are correct, then the Department Of Education should be shut down immediately, and control of the pubic schools should be returned to the states, along with the taxpayers' money to fund them. And, the colleges should not be subsidized by easily obtained, government-backed student loans, which do not depend solely on a student's demonstrable excellence. A college education should not be considered a right of passage, but a blessing that should be greatly desired, and competed for.
The statistics show that the average college graduate has an unrealistic view of their readiness to perform on the job at a high level. The FOX NEWS @ Night show, hosted by Shannon Bream recently had, as a guest interviewee, Rick Harrison, of the "Pawn Stars" television show, and they discussed some statistics (though I don't know the source) that showed some 90% of seniors in colleges feel they are ready to perform their future jobs at a high level, while only 43% of future employers tend to agree! Similar percentage variances were charted showing their differing opinions of readiness of their communication skills. The point is the our youth are being fed an educational diet of Pablum, instead of the diet of Porter House Steak that their parents are paying for!!!
As far as actual skills needed on the job, such as reading ability, our graduates are ranked, pathetically, in the 20th, to 40th percentile, compared to students from other countries! When I was growing up, my teachers made a big deal about how our local school system was rated #1 in the country! I don't know if that was true, or not, but I wonder if those teachers would say the same thing today.
I remember reading a book, years ago, called "Why Johnny Can't Read", and it's main point was the intentional dummy-down effect of many public schools, in order to make the slower students feel better about themselves. I suspect that attitude has fermented within the "Deep State" bureaucracy, until we now have a "One World Socialist" conspiracy to dummy-down American public schools, in order to make the excellence of foreign countries' students seem to be that much brighter, and therefore those students will be more sought after by interested employers. This goes along with the fundamental Socialist ideal that in order to make a poor country wealthier, you must take money from the wealthier countries. Similarly, in order to make poorer countries' students more in demand for employment, you make the education process for the wealthier countries (like us, as in "U.S.") less demanding, thereby graduating students who are less competitive on the job. This is much easier than trying to raise the standards of education within the poorer countries. Socialists don't care if the net result is less efficiency on the job, whomever is doing it. The "One Worlders", and the "Deep Staters" only care about the statistical percentage of employment for each country, as a testament of their "success" at making the world "better" for all their good little Socialists.
And when the Antichrist eventually takes over the "One World" government system, I'm sure he will be pleased to reward all these pro-dummy-down bureaucrats, which will make his job easier, trying to make all the world's people get along with each other... except for those pesky Christians, who insist upon obeying God in all things! They won't even receive a computerized Mark (of the Beast) on their hands in order to control all financial transactions, around the world! So, let them starve to death, when they can't buy food...I guess that will teach them!!!
So, is this the goal of the Department of Education??? I don't know, but I strongly suspect so!
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