writing 5

Ashtin Strelke

Michael Benton

English 102 Debate

September 6, 2011

 In this article “Education and the Structural Crisis of Capital” the author John Bellamy Foster voiced his opinion about the school system. He disagreed with the structure of the school system because he felt it was based on capitalist economies, a dramatic shift to financialization and the concentration of capital on a global scale. These three things shouldn’t have been the way our school system works. In my opinion, I agree with author John Bellamy Foster, to which education should have been more opinionated. My three reasons will explain greatly about why I agree with this author and his opinions/facts about school education.

   First, the school system separates students by which how old they are, how intelligent they are, and the neighborhoods they live in. In which I thought schools are just for kids/teenagers to go and get their education without being criticized by the school system and the staff. Education is supposed to be provided by the administrators given to the schools by the school board but instead, students are put in competition by the labored staffs who only teach because of the money. The structural content of the education system is effortless to which the students deserve. Secondary and Postsecondary schooling shouldn’t be based on their intelligence, age, and maturity. This crisis caused a lot of destruction to students itself because the education system has convinced the students and parents that the separation of students such as” Special Education” is based on the student’s intellectual statements they make.

   Secondly, the Education system only made Secondary schooling depending on the development skills and not much knowledge. In which parents put the trust into the school system to teach the students instead of going off development skills. The education system is supposed to be based on “Education” put into the schools for students to learn and help grow more knowledge for them to become smarter and wiser for the their future holds. Instead, the structure of the schooling is a terrible mess. The whole purpose of the education system has made a U-turn in providing the materials needed for the success of the students’ knowledge growth.

  Last, the education system has also divided students up by financial goals. The more money that’s being invested into the schools, the better education they have. The less money invested, the less education they receive. Publicly speaking, what happened to “Free” education? I’ll tell you what happened. Our school system got caught up in materialistic things in their schools instead of providing what they were created for in the first place. School shouldn’t be about how much it cost to get into a good school for better education, it should be about how much knowledge they received that will be put into their future.

               In conclusion, Author John Bellamy Foster, in my opinion, made a good point about the education system and they have changed dramatically over the years and why. We as a country need to change the way teaching works and how they are going to affect the students’ lives. Teach because you want younger people to succeed, not because you want money. Separation in the school’s shouldn’t be about their academics and their skills and how much money their willing to pay. The school system needs to change or ratings for students succeeding will keep going down.