Essay On Opportunities In America

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The United States is not the best country in the world because our education system is horrifying,; the common core needs to be changed and budget cuts for education is unneeded. According to the people around the world, the United States is the best country for the “American Dream” or opportunity. I believe this statement is false., The statistics speak for themselves. When speaking of opportunity in America, I am directly addressing our education, and why the United States doesn’t have the “special” opportunities.
The International Student Assessment (PISA), is an international assessment that tests 15 year-old students around the world. Students are tested every three years. There are four different subjects in which students are tested in: reading, mathematics, science and literacy. The test results were influential for the schools, it caused countries to become more competitive. Each school then started to work harder at improving test scores. The United States 15 year-old students scored 498 points out of 1000. That is low enough for the U.S. to be ranked at a staggering 24th place. The country with the most points (570) was Shanghai-China, while the worst being Peru with a total point count of (384). Is that the
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There are a lot of factors that can play into why the United States in general has bad education, or why a certain school is badly ranked. These factors can be anything from budget cuts to classroom size. Budget cuts play a major role in a student's education because the budget of a school is used for supplies and teachers that are fit for the job. Classroom size can also be a deficit in education for children. With more schools being closed, children are being forced to charter from one school to another. That means that this particular school will be overwhelmed with kids. With more and more kids that means less time spent on each particular student and more