The guilt trip attempts continued while everyone in attendance looked on in horror and pondered how I could say such things in public. After the event concluded, a professor came up to me with a disappointed and shocked look. I left more convinced than ever that America s schools needed to get their priorities straight. Instead of focusing on instilling students with knowledge and skills to compete in a global economy, schools have devoted much of their time attempting to solve society s social ills, and in most cases have only made them much worse. Just go to any large university and observe the cafeterias.
Black students sit on one side and white students sit on the other.
However, the answer to that problem is not forcing people to associate with each other. Instead of bringing the races together, they have divided them further by enraging white students who don t really feel like being blamed for every problem in the world. Black students on the other hand are filled with rage and anger after being told time and time again they are victims, and that everyone is responsible for their situations but themselves. The situation is not much different in grade schools. For those who want to an honest look at the education crisis, read Martin Gross s incredible book, The Conspiracy of Ignorance .