Education, Learned Good

From the age of five, until the age of about 24 most go to school. Many to chase down dreams of being a doctor, scientist, or something that requires a high level of education. Let me start by saying this, reason why I haven't made any posts lately is because I have been busy with class, and sick. Yes, universities take a toll on you. I am, I guess lucky to be able to go to a university, but not so many are.

Every 26 seconds a kid drops out of high school, and never gets to get that experience of being at a university, or advance their learning. Then people drop out of college because mounting student debt, and never finish getting their degree, although higher educated than a high school grad, or someone with a GED, they won't find jobs much better than those who just squeaked by. We as a country need to educate ourselves, and stay on top of the ball.

If we don't strive to be the best educated, we will fall behind, so why cut funding in educating? If we aren't educated, we may get walked over by those who pushed us down. That is what is going on in this country today. Many who have gained power, are trying to sedate us, and water us down, dumb us up. Meanwhile, we don't do a damn thing about it. With out a education, we will be nothing more than a wage slave at a retail store or a kiosk at a mall. That will be our fate, not be a doctor, scientist, or such.

There are certain groups in Washington that wants to see us fail intellectually. Simply, look at people like Michelle Bachmann, and Rick Perry. Need I say more. The kind of people that use their power and thoughts on religion to keep us as a country from getting smarter, and having that space age future we have seen in the movies. This needs to stop. We need to fund the hell out of education, we need to push kids to their full potential and make sure they get there. I say this as I am in a class of 375 people, and the instructor honestly doesn't care about the individual student.

See the movie "Accepted." Although it is a comedy there is a scene that is all too true. Justin Long's character sits in on a class, and he bumps a student who is falling asleep, and that student babbles an answer to a question that was never asked, then he tries to ask another student in the lecture hall, and he responds to something about how he needs to understand these formulas so he won't fail this class this semester. If you are wondering, yes, that does happen.

Although, most of our attention has gone from paying attention in class, to bringing our laptops to class, and browsing Facebook, Tumblr, and other social network sites. Attention is lost. Our education system is lost. It is for the most part broken, and needs to be addressed. So, fund it, help our generation of "fuck ups" take back what has been made a mess of, and fix it. It will be up to us, and but not educating us will be the downfall of us all.