America's stupid kids, parents fault? schools fault? societies fault? or teachers fault?
488476
The responsibility ultimately has to fall upon the parents.  Critical thinking has been slowly phased out of schools to keep with political correctness. (we can't have some kids do much better than some others)\nIt's sad to watch, and anyone who stands up to try to stop it gets steamrolled by some political correctness group.\nAnd to top it off, every generation allows less critical thinking for their offspring.\nAmerica is heading for some tough times.
178287
They do this in part because they are not mature enough to deal with the real world.  I'm not being critical of them. I have too many problems of my own.  These "kids" were not taught a great deal of personal responsibility as children.  That rests squarely on their parents shoulders. Now they are having children and have less chance of teaching their own children responsibility.  It will likely get worse before it gets better.  Some day maybe parents will step up to the plate.
776974
We would "just teach" if we were allowed to. Unfortunately, the powers that be dictate to us what we can and cannot teach.  Classes are now geared towards the children being able to pass exit level examinations and just for education for education's sake. It's not the teachers fault, its something that begins at the Federal level.
130145
I guess stupid people results from stupid upbringing. And your right usually stupid people have more children.
670847
I'm insulted. Anyway, it's not our fault. Society raised us that way. The young still want to change the world, the problem is, we don't know how. Look, have you heard of the recent strikes that teenagers are doing? They want to make a difference, and that's a start. \n\nI'm really angry. Don't you friggin assume that all damn kids are like that bitch. It friggin pisses me off. So fuck, your whiny little cry ain't fucking gonna make a difference. YOU sound like those friggin kids right now you ass! In our society, others don't give young people any freedom! So what can we do? We have to listen to them, because that's how we were raised! They're friggin abusive now!!!!!! You know how fuckin wrong that is!!!!!!!! My fucking dad is an alcholic!!!!!! He's a fucking son of a bitch!!!!! My mom's the only one who friggin has any sanity!!!!! So fucking shut up, suck it up, and why don't YOU try doing something for the world!!!!
600443
As pretty513 has just confirmed - many Americans are quite dumb. I have no idea whether this is the fault of the education system. The UK's education system isn't great at the moment, but I came through it being able to spell and use correct grammar. Going by the spelling and grammar of many of the Americans on here, I think their education has failed them somewhat.
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1. Kids who expect other people to do their homework.\n\n2. Kids who aren't clever enough to mask their questions in a manner that doesn't make it obvious they are posting an essay question verbatim.\n\n3. The sorry fact that these dummies will soon be licensed as teachers, so the next set of kids will be even dumber than they are.\n\n4. The fact that in spite of the decline in number of students attending school nationwide, in real terms, the cost of education has increased significantly over the last 20 years -- meaning teaching these retards costs more than ever, for worse results.\n\n5. The fact that universally compulsory education means vastly greater sums of money are spent on problem kids, alternative programs, special education and the like than is spent on regular students; and vastly more money is spent on regular students than on gifted students, effectively rendering the average public school as little more than a reformatory -- and an especially painful one if you're the most capable of learning, since you get the short end of the stick.\n\n6. The fact that federal money for schools is, therefore, primarily channeled to schools that can provide the largest population of poor and learning-disabled kids, which, in turn, encourages districts to keep kids dumb and poor.\n\n7. The fact that the average teacher age is increasing, because no one wants to put up with the crap associated with teaching other people's kids, which means there will be a severe teacher shortage in the near future.\n\n8. The teachers' unions, which effectively stifle any innovation and basically, truly run school districts -- since on average, 4 out of every 5 dollars a school district spends is tied up in salaries and benefits, and all contracts must be negotiated in good faith, and there's no ready supply of alternative labor.\n\n9. That older teachers tend to have less experience with technology, and therefore can ask stupid questions such as this and expect them to be answered with anything other than bile and ridicule.\n\n10. Cost.\n\nDo me a favor: Copy and paste this and submit it along with your real answer. Then tell your teacher I say he's a damned boob for even thinking of such an inane question.
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The Homework Delusion \nFrom the Education Gadfly: What do American students need? More homework! \nby David Skinner
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I think it is sad that public schools are teaching kids what to do to prevent being pregnant istead of teaching kids wht NOT to do to be in a relationship that involves sex whilst at school.\n\nIf schools would spend more time and money into teaching kids how to become independent financially and self responsibility, the new generations would be a better bunch of people.\n\nKids were taught how they can rot the system by becoming irresponsible parents - making kids and then the welfare take over the responsibility to supporting them financially!  What would these kids learn?  That it is OK to lay on their backs or to push girls down and produce like rabbits!  Then draw fortnightly paychecks to support their irresponsible and ignorant lifestyles!\n\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@
588428
um, what jacked up teacher did you have?  while some "old school" history teachers still teach the greatest generation theory of history (wwii and american superiority) most of the new breeds have taken a more "yeah, we made decisions which now seem horrible but at the time were made for these resons" approach.  i'm more of a "people are stupid and make the same stupid mistakes throughout history" type of teacher.  \n\nwe are to view ourselves as an evolving political system that is never accomplished, that learns from its own mistakes and those of other countries.  that means we can never judge our history by the policies of just one president or how we acted in one event, but the overall trend of our development as a people.\n\nand i think you or your teacher have some issues.  but then, people are stupid.....
883766
This is what s wrong with the world. kids being taught to turn against their parents. They are told to turn mom in if they think she is doing drugs. This smoking thing. They are told that punishment is bad, and they should turn their parents in for punishing them. They are told that winning isn't evrything, and as such, many childs sports programs no longer keep score. There are no winners, no losers. This kind of stuff is wrong. We are raising a socitey of kids to become weak, wishy washy people who will sell out friends and family the minute something doesn't go their way.\nI think we should bring back spankings. I think we should take back the right to raise our own kids the way we see fit. They are ours. No one else should be able to tell me what to do if junior comes home late, or smarts off and talks back to me.\nBetter stop now, before I rant for pages and pages. You get my point though.
388467
I agree that the 'No Child Left Behind' act is ruining American education. I, personally, think it's a bad rule and that because of it the smarter kids are bored. I'm in school right now and I'm one of the smartest ones and this rule is making school a drag for me because we have to keep learning it all over, even if only one person doesn't know it. This act is making the smart kids, who will one day contribute the most to society, want to or drop out of school.
1002899
Exactly, we have become a nation of people who think everything is someone else's fault, especially if it gets us some money. Obviously not everyone falls into this category but far too many do. I think it started with the court system blaming "a bad childhood" for some 18 year old killing some poor dude minding his own business. People know what's right and wrong and they need to have guts enough to admit when they screw up. Okay off the soap box.
731818
Idiotic and wrong.\n\nSo much for school being about getting an education and preparing kids for the real working world.\n\nMaybe this is why America is falling behind the rest of the world in education.
344291
UMMM JESS!! They get alot more education in the schools then we have here! My daughter's father only went to school until 6th grade and is alot faster at things than I am! I think that you are stupid for calling other cultures stupid!! If I could make a better life for me and my family I would do what ever it takes! And I am sure anyone else would do the same THAT HAS A HEART!!Most of the AMERICAN's here are the ones causing problems in the states, not immigrants. Does anyone think that GOD would turn them away!!!
920141
I wonder why teenage vandals are allowed out in the week by their parents. Don't they have homework to do? When I was at school I did at least 2 hours homework every night, and wasn't allowed out on a 'school day'. I think the blame lies squarely at the feet of the parents of these morons for not raising their children to value education as a way out of poverty and ignorance.
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I'm in the U.S but I've said the same thing for years! poor children being born to idiots, raised as idiots, to become adult idiots that working class people some how end up taking care of. cheers\n\n\nArcane you make a very good point