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Tronics · 01-15-07, 05:12 AM

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

I'd say that my country is in a state of mass confusion but aside from that it's somewhat fine.

Despite a growing trend of lunacy and idiocy infecting the ever growing waistlines of state and local governments, the lights are still on, however there are some things that worry me.

1. State Education: There has been a noticable decline in the 'quality' of American education across the board to makeup for increased 'quantities' of students being ushered into an ever dwindling number of schools. States have had to apply filters to the respective 'levels' of their education, usually they are of the terms Above Grade, On Grade and Remedial.

Most public schools are forced into the system of promoting students that utterly fail the academic requirements designed to somehow "faciitate the creation of well-rounded individuals", so therefore those guidelines are ovbiously inadequate so the state decides to lower the bar every three years or so for their mandatoy assessment tests. In turn we have an education system that has no real reprocussions for failure and therefore it becomes tolerated and bred into a new generation as an 'acceptable' standard.

This is exceptionally sad in the southern states, TX, AZ, NM, and CA where there is a massive influx of ESOL students and a load of state sponsored 'red-tape' to "protect student rights" resulting in situations where teachers cannot fail students because they cannot comprehend the subject matter since the state decided that it is "outside of their culture".

Literally a student that does not speak, read or otherwise comprehend English CANNOT be given a failing grade for an English (Social Studies) class, or an English as a Second Language class since the language is ovbiously "outside their culture".

In essence most public schools have become nothing more but elaborate daycare centers.

2. Mass Media:

Has clearly overstepped it's bounds, we now live in a world of 24 hour news and the rivalries have developed to a point where basic fact checking has become completely irrelevant. The worst of it is that people seem to accept what they are told for face value, and the culture has become infested with the constant monitoring of celebrities lives.

It's rather sickening, however I've never noticed it untill I started spending large spans of time traveling between Japan and the US and the media situation is spiraling out of control.

However there is hope, I've noticed that a rather large portion of frequent internet users are unknowingly abandoning the use of TV alltogether, as I rare bother to watch it anymore.

3. The Political System is Fine:

It's just going through a regular cycle, oddly enough I don't care for either Dem's or Rep's and I don't push any loony third parties either.

Personally I want the Electoral College to split the number of electoral votes based on the popular vote swing of that specific state in order to give third parties a chance, the U.S to withdraw from the UN, and for real laws to be enacted calling for elected officals to freeze their stock assets while in office to avoid all the backroom dealings, and I'd like for NASA to get more funding since the future of mankind is destined in the stars since we have a bad habit of collectively consuming resources.

However I'm realistic enough to not expect any of these to happen, ever, and I reluctantly accept the merits of the current system as it is.

4. Religion:

I'm tired of hearing the extremists being popularized on national syndications and I'm pretty sure that the other 90% of America is tired of it too.

Personally I don't believe in any of it. I've come to terms with the possibility that all there is and all that will ever be eventually decays into it's most fundamental forms and ceases to exist, whatever happens past this step will forever remain unknown untill personally experienced by everyone.

It's a stark view but it seems to have given a greater value to individual life.

01-15-07, 05:12 AM	#10
Tronics A-ganger Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 78 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I'd say that my country is in a state of mass confusion but aside from that it's somewhat fine. Despite a growing trend of lunacy and idiocy infecting the ever growing waistlines of state and local governments, the lights are still on, however there are some things that worry me. 1. State Education: There has been a noticable decline in the 'quality' of American education across the board to makeup for increased 'quantities' of students being ushered into an ever dwindling number of schools. States have had to apply filters to the respective 'levels' of their education, usually they are of the terms Above Grade, On Grade and Remedial. Most public schools are forced into the system of promoting students that utterly fail the academic requirements designed to somehow "faciitate the creation of well-rounded individuals", so therefore those guidelines are ovbiously inadequate so the state decides to lower the bar every three years or so for their mandatoy assessment tests. In turn we have an education system that has no real reprocussions for failure and therefore it becomes tolerated and bred into a new generation as an 'acceptable' standard. This is exceptionally sad in the southern states, TX, AZ, NM, and CA where there is a massive influx of ESOL students and a load of state sponsored 'red-tape' to "protect student rights" resulting in situations where teachers cannot fail students because they cannot comprehend the subject matter since the state decided that it is "outside of their culture". Literally a student that does not speak, read or otherwise comprehend English CANNOT be given a failing grade for an English (Social Studies) class, or an English as a Second Language class since the language is ovbiously "outside their culture". In essence most public schools have become nothing more but elaborate daycare centers. 2. Mass Media: Has clearly overstepped it's bounds, we now live in a world of 24 hour news and the rivalries have developed to a point where basic fact checking has become completely irrelevant. The worst of it is that people seem to accept what they are told for face value, and the culture has become infested with the constant monitoring of celebrities lives. It's rather sickening, however I've never noticed it untill I started spending large spans of time traveling between Japan and the US and the media situation is spiraling out of control. However there is hope, I've noticed that a rather large portion of frequent internet users are unknowingly abandoning the use of TV alltogether, as I rare bother to watch it anymore. 3. The Political System is Fine: It's just going through a regular cycle, oddly enough I don't care for either Dem's or Rep's and I don't push any loony third parties either. Personally I want the Electoral College to split the number of electoral votes based on the popular vote swing of that specific state in order to give third parties a chance, the U.S to withdraw from the UN, and for real laws to be enacted calling for elected officals to freeze their stock assets while in office to avoid all the backroom dealings, and I'd like for NASA to get more funding since the future of mankind is destined in the stars since we have a bad habit of collectively consuming resources. However I'm realistic enough to not expect any of these to happen, ever, and I reluctantly accept the merits of the current system as it is. 4. Religion: I'm tired of hearing the extremists being popularized on national syndications and I'm pretty sure that the other 90% of America is tired of it too. Personally I don't believe in any of it. I've come to terms with the possibility that all there is and all that will ever be eventually decays into it's most fundamental forms and ceases to exist, whatever happens past this step will forever remain unknown untill personally experienced by everyone. It's a stark view but it seems to have given a greater value to individual life.