It should be noted that those scores (only fifteen-year olds are tested) are higher than the scores achieved in 2003 and 2006 but there can be no doubt that the United States is far behind where they were twenty years ago when they led the world in education.

THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN

According to the latest studies (2009) by the Programme for International Student Assessment, the United States ranks 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math out of the thirty-four countries rated.

The only point to that list is that I have a working knowledge about the subject I will now discuss in some length. Shall we begin?

I taught in junior college, high school and elementary school

· I taught a variety of subjects including history, geography, political science, creative writing, earth science, physical science, algebra, business law, bookkeeping and religion.

Before I go any further let me tell you what credentials I bring to the discussion so you won’t think I’m just another Hubber with nothing better to do than randomly write 1,500 words and wait for my Hub score to rise. I was a classroom teacher for eighteen years, spanning three decades, and during that time:

Actually I’m not mad at all but I was going for an attention-grabber and that was my best shot.

Let me just lay it all on the table from the start: I have serious issues with the education system in the United States and, to borrow from the movie “

Education Is A Three-Way Street