America has changed over the years from a society of manufacturing industries to service industries. Service industry is based upon appeasing the client. Service industry is measured on the end result, usually making a sale. Service industry is more likely to cut corners with the client so that the end result is met. Manufacturing industry is based upon the accountability for the assembly of the product. Manufacturing industries are about the means along the process towards reaching an end of a well assembled and accountable product. Public school education has changed over the same period in time. Public school education has a means and an end. The means is each student’s daily comprehension, understanding and accountability towards each subject. The means in school is to produce a student who knows each subject matter and is accountable for that gained knowledge. The end of a public school education is the issuing of the diploma. More emphasis is placed by school districts upon the end which translates into more diplomas awarded to students. Less emphasis is placed upon student understanding and comprehension during the high school education. Students are held less accountable and within lower standards for comprehension along the means. Correct spelling, proper grammar usage, math proficiency, historical information, writing ability, scientific concepts, etc. are not as important as it used to be when America was a manufacturing society. Schools are educating and appeasing students towards an end of receiving a diploma only. This is a symptom of a service industry society. Public schools are turning into a service industry. Public schools should revert back to a manufacturing mode to produce a better product, accountable fully educated graduated student. Then each end product, the student awarded a diploma, is of measurable and accountable quality this USA society deserves and requires as we progress more and more into the 21st century.
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