Education: An ongoing crisis in the U.S.?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/179750/three_serious_problems_with_the_current.html

Detailed Reaction:
This is quite the thesis about the somewhat useless components of the education system of society today. I was oblivious to the obvious, it seems. Sure, homework is kind of useless if it's simply a chore and it doesn't challenge you academically. It's quite simple; homework can be copied beforehand and submitted to the class teacher with ease. But, you have to look at it from both sides. You can't be biased about this. Most teachers would see homework as a means of understanding and actually remembering the lesson learned in class. It is true that some students really are dependent on homework assignments to actually understand what was discussed in class, but some of the other peers that are above average students, know at least 80% of the material without actually committing theirselves to studying the homework.

I agree with the author of this article. The regime of all curriculums in school should be consisted of mainly tests, projects, and actual discussion. Drilling this information into our heads doesn't exactly make us think about it. Infantilizing the student body does not allow to mature mentally. Every class should have in-depth discussions and how the said topic is applied to actual life. Isn't school supposed to prepare us for life itself? Why are our curriculums consisted of classes such as psychology and philosophy? And mind you, most students don't even take these classes anyways. Teachers make classes nowadays so bland and dull to the point where students don't even bother to show up, which leads us to another problem in the school system.

What the article's author indicated about attendance and how it's a huge part of your final grade for a class can be quite the bother. If you can get really high test scores and project grades, and you take about three-fifths of your time in school doing it, why should showing up for all the classes even matter? I am one of the many victims affected by this harsh attendance policy. I don't like to boast, but i could breeze through many courses and get above a 3.4 overall GPA if it weren't for this annoyance. However, if they lightened up on the attendance policy, students would abuse this privilege and not show up anyways. There are just too many flaws in today's education system. I also urge for immediate education reforms.