The Economical
Educational Recession
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The economics behind education is
really complex and would take an extremely long time to tell anyone about it in
any detail. So I want to focus on how education is affect by the world economy
and how the recession has caused gap in the education systems of the world and
how education is affecting the economy. The education system of the United States
put 809.6 billion dollars in to our education system and with the recent economic
depression we’ve been spending less on our education system and this has caused
a lapis in the education system because some school are underfunded and the
quality of the teachers has decreased because there are far better paying jobs
in colleges and other fields. Ever since the “no child left behind” policy has
been implemented the middle class has been slowly, but recently increasing,
over the years.
While it was a great system to
start out with and the idea behind it was good they didn’t think about the fact
that people would try to cram as much information into children’s minds, and
they can’t take it all in and remember it after they finish a test. At this
point we’re not even teaching our students the material, we’re teaching them to
memorize the information that we give them, spit it back out on a test then
forget it and learn new information. This doesn’t help prepare them for a
future in college or in a career because memorizing information for a short
period of time isn’t going to get many people far in life. When we begin
actually teach our students information then we will begin to find that higher
paying jobs are available to people who know what they’re doing.
That being said, because of budget
cuts and the prospects of finding employment after graduation or obtaining a
degree are very few. Public schools are often the first targets of state budget
cuts. This means that the lack of supplies, materials and personnel affects the
quality of public education, by making the U.S. less competitive on a global
level. This also affects the quality of education at our colleges and
universities, as more and more students enter these institutions unprepared and
lacking the skills needed to succeed. On the other side of the coin, the
recession has reduced the potential of finding a job for many who have
successfully obtained degrees at institutions of higher learning. In this
climate, an education does not guarantee one a better paying job, or even a
job.(Debate)
This can’t be allowed to continue because
all it does I hurt our economy even more
and while right now we think it’s a good idea in the long run the
effects of this will be felt for a long time. The recession is certainly having
a big impact on education as evidenced by severe budget cuts. States have been
so cash-strapped that funds to preschool, elementary, secondary, and
post-secondary schools have been reduced in many cases. At the elementary and
secondary levels, this has contributed to many teacher lay-offs and, in some
cases, school re-organization and even closings. Class sizes are bigger. In
addition, while tuition is going up at many colleges, financial aid programs
are often being threatened by cuts, providing further barriers to low-income
students.(Debate)
In conclusion cutting and limiting
education right now isn’t the answer that we’re looking for to solve our financial
crisis, it’s the fact that we aren’t educating our children enough and aren’t
giving them the opportunity that they deserve. We have to make the choice to
give our students what they need and help them to obtain what they want to
obtain to help us with our world’s problems because they are the future.
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