Today's educational system broken

EDGEWATER, Fla. - I watched a most interesting video on Facebook today.

A young lady was interviewing students on campus of Texas Tech. Her first question was “Who won the Civil War? Can you believe only one knew the answer? They also didn’t know who was in that war.

One young black student said the Confederates, which floored me. A young lady asked who was in it so she could choose a side. Just one woman knew “The Union, The North.”

The next question was who our Vice President is. Again, only one woman knew the answer: Joe Biden.

The third question was “Who did we win our independence from and year? None knew England nor 1776.

The questioner then asked what show is Snookie on and they all answered Jersey Shore. The she asked “who is Brad Pitt married to and who was he married to before her? Again, they all rattled off Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Anniston without skipping a beat.

What a great example of what we are not teaching our children today. By teaching them how to take tests so schools can pass and get funding, we are not actually teaching our children how to read, write or do math. They can’t make change or add in their heads. They can’t multiply or divide.

They just plain don’t have the basics of these subjects one should learn in grade school, yet they are college students. We must do something to fix the educational system in this country. Other countries such as Japan and China emphasize education. We wonder how they are leaping ahead of us in the world. Obviously early education is part of that answer.

I am so happy I went to school in the '50s and '60s. I learned so much more than kids today. Back then, we had dress codes and if we didn’t obey, then we were sent home to change and expected back. We respected our teachers or we were sent to the principal’s office and he would call our parents. That was the worst thing he could do because parents then made you tow the line. That call or even the threat of it petrified us even as high school students.

I am so happy I went to school in the '50s and '60s. I learned so much more than kids today. Back then, we had dress codes and if we didn’t obey, then we were sent home to change and expected back. We respected our teachers or we were sent to the principal’s office and he would call our parents. That was the worst thing he could do because parents then made you tow the line. That call or even the threat of it petrified us even as high school students.

It saddens me to see how little kids today know or even care to know. I think if we don’t fix this we can kiss our country good-bye in the very near future as these children take over. It's a scary thought, don’t you think?