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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Those early 20th century immigrants made their kids go to school and insisted they learn English. Today the schools are becoming babysitters and in their native language to boot. Fewer and fewer kids are getting a real education now.
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Have not yet read the article, but Time Magazine says something about 30% of high school students don't even graduate. I was shocked to learn that something like only 20% of the population goes to college. Where I graduated from, 80+% went on to college.
So yes, schools I fear are no longer educating as they once did. But back then, parents always showed up on Parents Teacher night. Today, in some schools, few parents arrive. Furthermore, those same parents would blame a school rather then themselves. We so teach rights and forgot to teach responsibilities. Parental responsibilities.
Does Time Magazine now reflect what has happened? Those are not immigrants who cannot bother to be educated. Those who don't want education are a significant precentage of current teenagers that I know. Those are life long Americans who can't be bothered to get even basic education? Funny. They are also the generation of teenagers whose smoking is more than doubled.