The current schooling system in the US is unfair and corrupt.

As a brief road map, I will be providing information on why I believe the resolution, and presenting sources to prove my point. Lastly before I begin, good luck to my opponent. Hello, I said in strong affirmation with the resolution that states: The current schooling system in the US is unfair and corrupt. I will begin my stating what the school system is: All schooling in the US from kindergarten to the end of high school. I will not be including college, or preschool, as they are both not required in the US. I will speaking from a public schooling standpoint as the majority of children participate in it. The current education system in the US does not prepare us for anything in relation to the "real world". At school you learn math, science, reading, etc. which is useful, but at a certain point, it becomes useless. I agree with the fact that we should teach children basic skills of those subjects, however we don't break away from these subjects to learn something more. Almost none of the population is going to be needing to know how to complicated equations, and that the Mitochondria is the power house of the cell. Some jobs will use this, but it could be learnt at college, or at the actual work place. Many offices have to train their employees, because we are not currently teaching skills that will benefit them in that area. There are some classes in school that do, however they are normally taught in very small amounts; for example keyboarding. I took keyboarding for one trimester of my schooling, and was unable to take another until another trimester in high school. Schools rely too much on parents to teach their children everything that they need to know, because if a place that is meant for learning and preparing you for your future isn't, then it is almost completely useless. I never learned how to do my taxes, buy a car, or really anything that would remotely help me in the In the United States students attend school 180 days per year. From kindergarten to 12th grade is 13 years. 180 days per year times 13 years in school = 2,340 days in school, about 19,000 hours or so (if they are in school 8 hours, some schools are more and some are less). With this equation we can come up with the total number of days in school which is 2,340 days. We are spending 2,340 days of our lives, learning unimportant skills. 2,340 days that could have been entertaining, interesting, and useful. Instead, we are going to a place that the majority of students despise, that is not useful. Not only is it boring as it is, but it's going to become even worse if we continue with what we are currently doing. According to http://www.onlinecolleges.net... 25% of public high schools will be completely eliminating what most students would call their favorite subject; the arts. Students have been shown to improve in many areas including literacy, math, and science, after participating in a wide selection of arts for a month. So we're removing what's actually benefiting our test scores, which is what we want for our students correct? This is a perfect example of the school system being corrupt; contradicting themselves. We want students to be happy, and involved, yet we force them to go somewhere for 7-8 hours a day, and are planning on removing a large amount of the subjects that they enjoy, to fund more of what they resent. Not only does it remove 7-8 hours of sleep from a students day, but it is also detrimental to their sleep schedule. It is estimated that the average teenager requires about 9 1/4 hours of sleep a day to perform well, but most only get about 7-7 1/4 hours a day. Low amounts of sleep are harmful to our health, and a common risk is heart disease. Most students don't have much time after going to school, doing homework, having a social life, to entertain themselves, so they often take it out of their sleeping. In general the school system does not prepare us for the future, is detrimental to our health, and is removing the subjects that are actually interesting. Thank you so much for reading, and I strongly urge you to vote for the affirmative.