Education Reform

I enjoyed the blog post "Texas Education, Part Two," from the blog "Red State, Blue City." My classmate wrote this blog on a topic similar to my last blog posting, but went on to elaborate on suggestions as to how to fix this problem.

I definitely agree with my classmates opinion that the effects of not making education a priority are far worse than the thought of the suggestions stated. If we continue to let the education system of Texas decline, as the blogger stated, we will be up for far less opportunities in cutting edge fields. No one wants to do business with a bunch of idiots, and no one wants to go to college in a state where people are known to be idiots.

I mostly appreciated my classmates list of suggestions, and whether or not I agree with all of them, something has to be done to improve this education system. At the top of the list was gambling. Many people look down on gambling and feel it brings a sort of "trashiness," to an area, but realistically, and as bad as it sounds, uneducated people also bring that to an area. Gambling can bring a huge amount of money to an area and although I cringe at the idea of casinos popping up everywhere, if that is what would help our education system I am all for it. My classmate also mentioned cutting funds for "Public Officials," which I think everyone would agree with since the exposing of the massive amounts of funds used on executives during the bailout a couple years ago. Parent funded preschool is also an excellent idea, as preschool is optional and I don't feel should be publicly funded.

My classmate did an excellent job making suggestions on how to improve this education crises and highlighted the consequences of failing to do so nicely.