#Educationproblems

There are so many problems with the education system in the United States today and a lot of those problems lend themselves to money. My parents always told me that education is a business and I didn't really understand what they meant until I got my first teaching job. Unfortunately, the world revolves around money and there is nothing we can do to change that. I find it absolutely appalling that money should dictate the education of a child. For example budget cuts are ruining our children's futures. If there isn't enough money to pay the teachers, class sizes sky rocket limiting the amount of student-teacher contact. This is extremely upsetting to me because there are celebrities and huge business owners who live their daily lives with so much money that they don't know what to do with it. How is that helping our society? Why are professional athletes getting paid millions of dollars to play a sport that a child wants to play while at school but can't because their school can't afford equipment or can't fund the sporting events. All of these facts make me so nauseas.

Another thing that came up recently was the closure of charter schools around the city. Mayor Bill de Blasio decided that the Success Charter Schools should be closed because they are getting "free rent" at a public school. Again, money is the culprit in this situation and now several children's educations are at risk. These children go to charter schools to either give their child the best education possible because the public school that is in their area is not up to par, or there is a lot of crime associated with the school that is in their neighborhood. Now, these children are forced to go back to a public school or to find another charter school for the following year. Education should be the most important thing in regards to our country's success. If we don't breed educated and worldly thinkers, how is our country supposed to grow and prosper? It won't.

Vocabulary:

revolves- to focus or center on

appalling- unbelievable

dictate- guiding principle

budget- estimated amount of funds

fund- supply of money

culprit- person guilty of fault

associated- linked with

Vocabulary Activity: Match the vocabulary word to its definition.

revolves                                                         

person guilty of fault

appalling                                                        

linked with

dictate                                                             

unbelievable

budget                                                             estimated amount of funds

fund                                                                 

to focus or center on

culprit                                                             

supply of money

associated                                                      

guiding principle

Grammar Point: Possession is shown by using an "'s". For example: children's futures. It is their future.

Grammar Activity: Write 3 sentences showing possession.


Success Charter Schools Closures