Quote:
"Again, I stress that this is a defect of the system itself and not of
the teachers, whose overriding obligation is to 'get through the material.' You understand that, in spite of
all this, yours is the most advanced educational system in the world. It works very badly, but it's still the
most advanced there is."
Response:
This quote really made me think and reflect on the american educational system. To me it really makes me think about how the school system generalizes on a bunch of different ideas and topics, even if it is not what the student would choose to study as a career. And the fact that schools go over so many topics so quickly doesn't let the ideas sit and ferment in the student's minds so it doesn't stay in their minds so its almost like a big waste of time until college. Of course Ishmael discusses this and makes a very interesting point when he says that culture is keeping kids in school so they can spend more money on consumer products. It's almost like the american education system is a big conspiracy.
