Skipping Class

A Problem Americans Pretend to Care About In "America Skips School," Benjamin Barber makes the audience realize we have major flaws in our educational programs through facts, example, and solutions. He addresses the problem America is facing with declining test scores of American adults. Barber feels that the result of poor education is the lack of concern Americans have for their education and their children's. Americans do not value education more than they value entertainment. …

…of youth, but they are too ignorant to fix or create a solution for the problem. Perhaps because of the lack of education they received and what they value in their life. Work Citied 1. Barber, Benjamin R. "America Skips School." The Norton Reader. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2000. 2. Weaver Dunne, Diane. Teachers at the Bottom of the Class for Professional Pay. Education World, 17 July 2000. Online. Availed: http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/issues106.shtml