So we now have 1% of the population of the United Stated in prison. Not sure what that says about the U.S., but that number is staggering and I fear will get much worse down the road. If we do not work on fixing the education system in this country we will be on the long slow path to decline. We need to teach the basics first. How do we expect do get anything done when we have so many people who can't read, write, know any geography, any history or math. Just basics. With these fundamentals at least we give people a fighting chance. We could also stand to have schools get back to teaching technical skills like auto mechanics and things of that nature. We need to create and foster kids to learn these skills so we can get back to being a creative and manufacturing society. Is it too much to teach simple skills.?
We also need to teach kids the arts. Music, books, drawing, painting and so on. We seem to forget how art is something a society needs to thrive and grow.
If we do not address these issues we will continue to help the prison business grow and the world will take notice.
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