Michael+H’s+OpEd+Article

mic = "Just Another Essay" = = By Michael H. = media type="file" key="michaelh-muckraker-0910.mp3" The problem with education, at least in America, is the disability of independence. Standardized tests have attempted to simplify radically different humans into one formula that blends people down into numbers. As a result, those with low numbers find themselves impoverished of the opportunity to prove their abilities in the real world. If the College Board existed before the Great Depression, there would not have been a President Franklin Roosevelt, and, therefore, no end to the Great Depression. As a C student, Roosevelt would not have gotten the opportunities he actually had received.

Furthermore, the educational system of America is turning out thousands of prospective corrupt politicians and cutthroat businessmen, while leaving the honest, “stupider” ones out. America is ruled by men borne from a flawed system and is buying products spit out by frugal companies. Thus the terms “corrupt politician” and “cutthroat businessmen” have come to exist as common vocabulary.

Independence is crucial to creating a less congested, less problematic system. A break is necessary. Free time. A mental health month after the first semester. Freedom to goof off. Freedom to explore. Freedom to fly. Whatever. It is exactly these things that education kills. In spawning numbers, it assassinates originality.

Those skeptics frowning upon this editorial as just another rage against the machine should appreciate the hate. Otherwise, they have no other purpose to their lives. Those same critics are calling this essay a knockoff of Daniel Arnold’s “Why Isn’t ‘Just Thinking’ Rewarded?” and just another essay against education. Go ahead. Say what you want. After all, you are a product of this reprehensible system.