sadly, until the education system here gets as much love as the war machine

these ads speak to the intelligence level of real Americans...
I think it falls more on the parenting aspect then the school systems. I dont believe its the schools duty to transform our kids into outstanding citizens, but its the parents job. My wife went to a HORRIBLE school where 80% of them were probably illegal because its farm country. To play sports you would have to sign up for club sports not school sports and ect. However, there are allot of kids in that area even though its a poor school that go off to major universities even the immigrant students. One thing i noticed in her area is even the lower income parents put values on their kids for hard work and education and hold them accountable. The school is as broke as possible and rated a VERY low school im comparison to the surrounding cities.
I grew up however in one of the top school systems in California and her school has a higher success rate of kids growing up with high technical jobs and finishing college then mine did. Which is sad, allot of it is because rich kids parents dont care and low income parents dont either. Not saying all but statistically it is true. By saying the school system is the answer the problems i dont buy into that. We started out with 1000 seniors and ended with 800 graduating. If they kids do not have the discipline to study from their parents then they wont learn it on their own. The only way this would be possible is if we allowed the kids to actually get disciplined at school. Which wont happen in this day and age. Kids do not fear detention, or saturday school. I would laugh at it and say I am just going home.
Sad to say i think this is going to be the downfall to America is the next generations youth. We live in an entitlement generation where they feel things should be handed to them and not given to them. I would argue with kids as a recruiter that barely passed the ASVAB with a 37 and they wanted to be Cryptologist and would turn down an engineering job, when they would probably end up working at McD's. People don't like to work from the ground up any more, but yet they are not qualified to even start in the broom closet. I didnt learn accountability until i joined the Military and I see the difference between how i was raised and my wife. My parents allowed me to quit and accepted failure. They taught me hard work, but a c average was good in their eyes.
Her parents would ground her for a month if she has a B. That seems harsh, but when you look at her siblings accomplishments now it seems justified, Aerospace Engineer, Business Owner of custom exotic and race car company, Masters and Business Owner for Interior Design, and my wife Masters Grad and Certified Athletic Trainer running an entire High Schools training program. It wasnt the school system that accomplished this it was her strict parents that paid attention to EVERY thing they did.