Grades - Do we really need them?

This essay is about the article called 'We Should Cherish Our Children's Freedom to Think.' It was written by Kie Ho, a business executive who was born and raised in Indonesia. Ho writes this article about why he thinks that American education is, in many ways better than any other in the world. He raises the question, 'If American education is so tragically inferior, why is it that this is still the country of …

…of Indonesia he was only able to answer a question when asked. His 6 year old son, brought up in California, at a very young age is able to express his ideas and emotions, even if they differ from the truth. He feels that many American parents take this for granted. True, our public education certainly is not perfect, but we should never rule out perhaps the most important thing, one can posses; freedom of speech.