Is it scary to you that the US  public educational system raises white haters and American haters?
959031
You forgot to mention illiterate white haters and America haters.  The NEA wants to ensure that students cannot read a book and begin to question their wisdom.
1185102
No.  It is an outdated and flawed system that is representative of qualities similar to that of the British empire in which our forefathers fought so desperately to get away from.  We are becoming the United Empire of America....it is a very scary time in our history.  I think politics have outgrown the fair representation of Americans.
1145674
That's not a dumb question at all.  Yes, the spelling and grammar that I see online frightens me too.  I understand things like saying u instead of you or stuff like lol, because it's just to shorten things a bit.  But some of it is just plain lack of education, and that scares me.  Obviously, our country's education system just plain sucks.  Illiteracy is dangerous- without information, people do stupid things.  Without proper language skills, people have trouble getting jobs or functioning in life.  That illiteracy is so widespread today is sickening.  Even our President's grammar is horrible.  For example, "is our children learning?"  Evidently not.  This truly is the age of "every child left behind."
883990
It's called public school, the great failure of American society....
1082247
While it is true that white people are pretty much everywhere, there are many places where you can live where at least the white people are a minority. There are many counties in most states in the U.S. South, for example, where white people make up less than 20% of the population...for example, Hampton Co. in SC has very few white people. \n\nBetter though, would be examining your fear of white people, what it is about them that troubles you, and learning methods to cope with your fear. \n\nGenerally speaking, white people behave no worse than any other ethnic group that has the majority population of a region. Whoever the big group is tends to bully the others in the smaller groups. While I do oftentimes think that white people may be somewhat crazier than most other peoples, the real problem is not the skin colour, the real problem is human nature. Even the best people you know will do the most horrible things if put in a situation that stresses them beyond their limits.  That's why nations are easily manipulated by their leaders through use of propaganda to stimulate anger and/or fear.\n\nOn the other hand, if your fear is generated by actual experience, then it all boils down to this: no one in the United States should have to put up with abuse, discrimination, or hate. If you are afraid because someone is actively bothering you, then you should report it to the authorities.
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Although not a an educator, I can provide a prospective that should proove useful to you.  I'm a "military brat"  I was raised a child of a senior ranking member of the armed forces and we lived in several countries throughout the world.  It wasn't until I entered the tenth grade that I experienced american public school systems.  When I did, I found them to be a huge culture shock.\n\nThe thing that struck me the most was the absolute disregard for authority that American children had (and continue to have, unfortunately) for teachers, principals, ta's, let alone their peers or themselves.  Granted, I was in a much more restrictive environment in the DODDS system or the private school systems that I was privy to.  Depending on the country and/or the political situation, base that we were stationed at, we never knew what dignitaries family we were going to school with, so manners, and diplomacy was always a must.  To step out of line, was taken seriously and handled immediatley.  \n\nWhen I did eventually find myself in an American public school for the first time, I had a really difficult time adjusting.  It was worse than being thrust into any of the foreign countries we'd lived in.  I was not at all prepared socially.  I didn't dress like anyone, speak the lingo, I couldn't "blend" as one does as one can overseas.  My parents moved us to Inglewood, CA!  I recall comming home terrified, and telling my mother, "There are"black people there, real black people" .  She took me too the bathroom stood me in front of the mirror and made me look at myself.  \n\nIt's a bit crazy when I look back on it now, but I did eventually make friends and I did adjust over time.  I have unfortunately not found that American schools are that much better, however.  I now have children and would home school if I could.
449030
It's the wonderful public "education" system of the USA.\n\n'tis funny no? Actually, no, not at all.
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i think it showed how dangerous america is...allowing schools like this that take away individuallity, identity and sense and replace it with religion\n\nlimiting peoples knowledge by brainwashing them into believing that an ancient story is more valuable than the truth\n\nits extremism and its dangerous!
1175594
i'm really scared by intolerance and how it is masked as self defence.  It scares me how the USA can get away with awful things just coz they are the USA and I strongly believe that in the future, historians will look back at the Bush administration in a similar light to other fascist dictators.  It's weird how people who are in the thick of it at the time can never see it.  I think that the Bush administration (in a similar way to the Nazis) have used moral panic very effectively.
855737
The educational system in the United States has gone down hill since the 1960’s when the emphasis shifted from Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Science and History to socialization and political correctness. It also has to do with the Federal Government taking the power away from local school boards. The government changed the focus from education to integration and I am definitely not against equal rights and opportunities for all races of people. \n\nDo all children in America need to be taught the same things? I think not. Schools were better run by local boards that could take action quicker without going through a hundred levels of Federal bureaucracy. Most schools in America today are more concerned about students sitting quietly than they are in the education of our children. The education level of children graduating from high school today is a national embarrassment. We should all be ashamed for what we have let happen to our schools. The best way to correct this is to give control back to the communities. Maybe there should be some minimum standards of performance, but that should be the extent of it. Does the Federal government really belong in the class room? That is the real question the country needs to take a hard look at.
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I agree, though while it seems to make you angry, it just makes me sad.\n\nCrazy ideas come from all sorts of places.  If the education system is so fundamentally flawed that it's not producing rational people able to think for themselves and fend off the crazies, then it's a much bigger problem than just losing a precious piece of our history -- it's losing our identity as humans.\n\nIt's also not Fox's fault.  If it weren't them, it would be someone else.  The blame lies squarely on all of us who know better, because we're responsible for passing that knowledge to the next generation, and we are apparently not doing a very good job.
822109
Lets see, because 85%, I'm being nice, of the US History taught in schools is based on the European conquest of the country.  So since "White male history" is what we see the most of, one month out of the year they throw a bone to the Blacks, Women and Hispanics by giving them a showcase month.  Of course what gets left off are the contributions made by Asians, Middle Easterners and well, most of the minorities.  Go figure.
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If it's not the worst, it's certainly in the running.\n\nUnder-funded???  Beth, you are mad!  There is more money wasted on public education in this country than is spent altogether in most other countries.\n\nThe problem seems to be the extent to which two basic entities have taken over control of what was traditionally a very locally-controlled institution.  The first is the teacher's union, which turns upside-down every value that made those great old teachers I had as a child so worthwhile.  They stayed in their jobs because they were good at them, got good results.  Nowadays the union protects the marginal, makes war on the superior teacher (makes the rest look bad, you know), and makes seniority virtually the only criterion they will consider valid.\n\nThe other thing that happened was the federal government getting involved in funding programs that they then control.  This means the local school board has less and less control over what goes on in their school, because they don't dare risk losing that federal money.  So the textbooks are all Politically Correct, even if they don't teach the kids anything useful at all.  The teachers are actually disciplined for creativity, because they can't get any creative program approved if it cannot be used "for everyone."  They are ordered to teach for the purpose of preparation for the exit exams, and discipline is nothing but a game they play with the students.\n\nI do not envy any kid going to a public school these days, but one:  the one who had a black tee shirt that read "School prepares you for the real world, which also s**ks."
400932
none of the above.  The US seems to attracts all kinds of people from all walks of life.  Its still a melting pot and all kinds of weirdos exist.  Some we like some we hate.  It's all a part of life.
872772
Statistically there are far more white people online in the USA then any other race... so there should be more white jerks on too.  Of course you never know if the messages you see were posted by whites just because they said they were.  I think there are equal numbers of hateful people in all races.
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None of the above. The problem that confronts American Education is the lack of people who are running our Education system at the top level.  I am an educator but refuse to go into the school system of today because of the hyprocracy that it represents. Our American Education system has started slipping about 30 years ago and is, maybe to your surprise, behind that of China, India and elsewhere. American schools have gotten away from the basics of the three Rs.
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looking at no child left behind... I almost start to wonder if this isn't trying to destroy an already underfunded education system... \n\nWith no public education...the wealthy would be the only ones that could afford to become educated and then keep control of their wealth through that control of education... \n\nah... capitalism at it's best...\n\nDon't you just love how freetyme813 insults basically every American with his rants on public school... almost everyone attends public school and if we're all that "stupid" then why did the majority vote for conservatives?\nTest scores are at all time highs... so if he's calling today's kids dumb... and you graduated a long time ago like I did... then he's calling all of us really dumb....\nI think we all know who the "dumb" one is here...\nSorry we didn't go to private school because our daddy was rich like you apparently did... some of us have to actually work for what we have...