The “No Child Left Behind Act” was designed for the purpose of ensuring that all children who are enrolled in school from kindergarten to the 12th grade are properly educated and that their learning environments are equal. However, it’s quite interesting how none of America’s learning environments provide equal opportunities for students to learn. Schools that are located in urban cities are not as ‘nice’ as those that are located in areas and school districts that have lots of money flowing into them from upper middle class and upper class tax payers. Often times, when one compares schools located in wealthy cities and towns with schools located in urban cities, one can see that schools in urban areas are more run-down, more dilapidated, and less appealing in comparison to those in wealthy areas and cities. Believe it or not, learning environments contribute a lot to the amount of education students receive. Students that attend nice looking schools that are well - maintained, and provide after-school programs and activities that interest and engage the students, take more pride in their school and their education. They are also more inclined to do better and excel in school, putting them in a much better position to receive a higher education.
In order to obtain equalized educational environments where students across the country receive the same top-quality education, billions of dollars would need to be allocated just towards the rejuvenation and beautification of each and every school across the country that is deemed not up to standard. Now, it’s a known fact that the U.S. has a $400 billion budget deficit. Well, since Bush and Congress cut funding for education and put the majority of it towards defense, where will the money come from to help fund this project? Duh, it’s going to come from our pockets. That’s right, its time for another increase in taxes. Who’s going to get hit with this round of friendly tax increases? Certainly you don’t think the hard working, backbreaking, 5% of Americans that are more than filthy rich, struggling to get by in life with just their 5 cars (all of which cost more than $100,000); their numerous multimillion dollar mansions (located in exotic places such as on islands and in other countries); and their Swiss bank accounts that have millions and even billions of dollars worth of spending money in them, do you? Oh no! It wouldn’t be fair to tax them more, since they need all of their money and material possessions to survive.
Instead, I have an idea. Lets increase taxes for the lazy middle and lower class citizens who aren’t working; on welfare; and are unable to support their families. I mean, come on. Lets face it: who needs to support their families? They aren’t important anyway. So what if inflation increases, causing the cost of food and groceries to skyrocket? So what if they can’t afford America’s rising cost of living?Who cares if they can’t get a higher-level education so that they can get jobs? Heck, there aren’t any jobs to give away anyway! Who cares if because of all this, they are forced into homelessness? You and I certainly don’t care because we’re part of the middle class, do we? Heck no! I want to be broke all the time. Hey! Maybe if they increase taxes even more, we would go homeless because we’re dirt broke; that would be great. Oh, and you know what? We haven’t even increased the taxes enough to fund the educational programs and additional teacher schooling, or to pay for new textbooks, computers, and learning tools. How great is that? HAH! Not in my lifetime.
The “No Child Left Behind Act” is a good idea, in theory; however, it would be unrealistic in reality to ensure that no child gets left behind. Unfortunately, there would have to be a drastic overhaul of America’s educational system in order to bring in more positive results. It is commendable that school districts around the nation are changing to comply with the act; however, until America comes out of its economic deficit, a great many of its children will undoubtedly be left behind.
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