You blame “the government” but what you should be blaming is the local schoolboards, not to mention the political flacks in the state legislatures who are caving to anti-science, anti-education interests. One of those interests is private schools which managed in some areas, IIRC, to get “education vouchers” so their students’ parents don’t have to actually pay to have their private schooling, yet still manage to destroy the public schools.
You should see Democrat run states and say that again. Seriously, you say anti-science and anti-education but it’s just the fact you spend so much money yet still people are not making results.
Not government-run education at its finest; rather, government-run education at its most inept. You do realize, I hope, that ALL the other countries the US is ranked below also have government-run education. They just do a better job of it.
It’s not even that the US system is consistently bad. The bright US students compare pretty well against the bright students elsewhere, and likewise for the medium-level students. What drags the US’s standing down is that it has a lot more really low-performing students than the other advanced nations. Not that US has more stupid students, but rather that it has more badly-run, incompetent schools. (Although underfunding is part of this, just spending more money won’t cure it, not without reorganization and reform. And letting the better students attend private schools at public expense, leaving the public schools as the dumping ground for the students the private schools reject, will only make it worse.)
That is kind of a roundabout way of figuring it out but it works. There are much harder percentages to figure out than 30%, at least as long as you aren’t trying to be exact.
I could figure that out myself easily enough but it’d take me a minute or so. I’d be genuinely impressed with anyone who could come up with that in what looks like 1-3 seconds. Math is far from my forte though!
The US has ranked under 30 in Math for the past few years.
Government run education at its finest.
But the government can definitely run healthcare.
You blame “the government” but what you should be blaming is the local schoolboards, not to mention the political flacks in the state legislatures who are caving to anti-science, anti-education interests. One of those interests is private schools which managed in some areas, IIRC, to get “education vouchers” so their students’ parents don’t have to actually pay to have their private schooling, yet still manage to destroy the public schools.
^THIS!^ Thank you!
100% Johnhenry
You should see Democrat run states and say that again. Seriously, you say anti-science and anti-education but it’s just the fact you spend so much money yet still people are not making results.
Yeah, Blue States are way higher up in education. What reality are you living in? Not this one, obviously.
The goverment also run education in Japan and China.
And we all know what a bunch of know-it-alls they are.
Not government-run education at its finest; rather, government-run education at its most inept. You do realize, I hope, that ALL the other countries the US is ranked below also have government-run education. They just do a better job of it.
It’s not even that the US system is consistently bad. The bright US students compare pretty well against the bright students elsewhere, and likewise for the medium-level students. What drags the US’s standing down is that it has a lot more really low-performing students than the other advanced nations. Not that US has more stupid students, but rather that it has more badly-run, incompetent schools. (Although underfunding is part of this, just spending more money won’t cure it, not without reorganization and reform. And letting the better students attend private schools at public expense, leaving the public schools as the dumping ground for the students the private schools reject, will only make it worse.)
At least the customer isn’t confusing 30% with $30 like others have.
That is kind of a roundabout way of figuring it out but it works. There are much harder percentages to figure out than 30%, at least as long as you aren’t trying to be exact.
I could figure that out myself easily enough but it’d take me a minute or so. I’d be genuinely impressed with anyone who could come up with that in what looks like 1-3 seconds. Math is far from my forte though!
Yeah, same. If you can do it quickly, I don’t care what you say, you’re a math whiz in my books.
At this point all the workers should be able to add “math tutor” to their resumes, it’s technically true and oughta make a good addition to it