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“ Among thirty developed countries, we rank twentyfifth<br />
in math and twenty-first in science. Is that where<br />
our country should be?”<br />
However, we as a people along with<br />
our government could fix these problems.<br />
One thing people could do to<br />
help is donate to America’s substandard<br />
schools. Another is to help set up more<br />
charities for schools in need. The U.S.<br />
has enough wealthy individuals who<br />
could donate to these charities, following<br />
the pattern of Mark Zuckerberg’s<br />
$100 million donation to the Newark<br />
public school system. People should donate<br />
less money to the schools that have<br />
marble flooring and turf fields and more<br />
to the schools who need blackboards,<br />
hard because if they didn’t properly do<br />
their job they would be fired in a split<br />
second. Our current job market is weak,<br />
and consequently, it would be difficult<br />
for the teacher to find another job. If<br />
teachers knew it would be nearly impossible<br />
for them so find a job with as<br />
good pay or another teaching job, they<br />
would work harder. Teachers no longer<br />
would be able to say to themselves,<br />
“I don’t have to work because I can’t be<br />
fired,” and would bring a different mentality<br />
to teaching. Teachers would care<br />
more about their class’ behavior as well,<br />
because if their class is out of control,<br />
then if reflects poorly on the teacher. If<br />
the students are running around and the<br />
teacher is just watching them, then the<br />
teacher will most likely be let go. If all<br />
of these ideas come to life, the average<br />
student’s education in America would<br />
most definitely improve. Students might<br />
not appreciate a larger workload while<br />
they are young, but they will later in life.<br />
Students would at first be upset they actually<br />
have to study and do homework,<br />
but when they find a topic they are interested<br />
it, they will realize changes to our<br />
education system were for the better.<br />
With teachers that teach and don’t<br />
sleep around while a class is jumping out<br />
of their seats, students would be more<br />
focused on their schoolwork. States<br />
don’t have money to support enough<br />
scholarship students, but there would be<br />
no need for the lottery in the first place if<br />
we fixed up our public schools. America<br />
would be at the top of charts and not<br />
numbers twenty-five and twenty-one<br />
out of thirty. Education equality would<br />
create a smarter country, which is what<br />
andrew demas<br />
VS<br />
rich gibson<br />
chalk and desks. With the money from<br />
endowments, schools would be able<br />
to buy supplies needed to teach certain<br />
subjects. Hopefully, the school will<br />
achieve the final goal of students learning<br />
more. Also, the law where a teacher<br />
cannot be fired without cause after two<br />
years needs to change. If a teacher is doing<br />
an awful job and slacking around,<br />
they should be. Not after one year, but<br />
right away. Getting rid of tenure would<br />
no longer provide teachers an excuse to<br />
slack off. Teachers would have to work<br />
America needs to maintain its competitive<br />
advantage. Every area in our country<br />
would have schools providing students<br />
a world-class education. People<br />
wouldn’t turn out worse due to the fact<br />
that they live in a relatively poor area,<br />
because public schools would essentially<br />
be equal in quality across the nation. Regardless<br />
of their economic circumstances<br />
growing up, our youth would have an<br />
equal opportunity to succeed. HMR<br />
The <strong>Horace</strong> <strong>Mann</strong> Review | Issue 4 25
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