"America's Education"- Short essay discussing the problem w/ the education system.

America's education system is not quite, what it has been in the past. Our Society prides itself in the education we provide for the children in this country. Many public schools are celebrated for their quality. The principal is credulous in knowing that he has all the appropriate reading and background and instates this is his teachers. The schools have an impressive curriculum that the teachers must follow. Therefore, these teachers work diligently to cover …

…child's mind {...}"(Burgess 306). If a teacher tries something different and inspiring, she can be frowned upon and even fired (Burgess 306). Is this what our country has come to? We mass-produce children's minds. The schools give our students just enough and use them as statistics while we diminish their want to learn more and be creative. Works Cited Burgess, Anthony, "Is America Falling Apart?" The Norton Reader, Ed. Linda H.Peterson. 10th ed. W.W. Norton 2000.