{"id":956,"date":"2012-01-25T16:46:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T21:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkingsigns.net\/?p=956"},"modified":"2024-06-07T02:50:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T06:50:39","slug":"is-this-a-sign-of-americas-declining-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/is-this-a-sign-of-americas-declining-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This a Sign of America’s Declining Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 –<\/p>\n

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The United States spends more than any other industrial country in the world on education, but trails in student scores<\/a>in reading, math, and science.\u00a0 As these haunting statistics reveal inherent flaws in the education system, educators around the nation advocate for reform and change — though apparently they don’t always know how to spell.<\/p>\n

The statistics<\/a> may state that the United States manages to achieve 99% literacy of citizens over the age of 15, but it seems that people still cannot spell. Recently, reports the NYPost<\/a>, an obvious spelling mistake on the street sign outside a Manhattan high school went unreported for months. Outside of Marta Valle High School, the road sign declares \u201cSHCOOL X-NG,\u201d a blunder made by a utility provider in July of 2010. Only this past Tuesday did local traffic officials ground up the H and C to correct this misspelling.<\/p>\n

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To the local residents, this blaring mistake \u201cspeaks volumes about the dumbing down of American culture,\u201d according to Derek Pacheco, a Flushing securities-industry worker. \u00a0Locals and commuters were stunned when they realized that the students and administration failed to realize the mistake right outside their school.<\/p>\n

Could this truly be a sign of the decline in education, or do these students just enjoy a good prank? Either way, the only conclusion I can come up with is that this painter needs to learn how to spell, or let the experts handle it.<\/p>\n

– A. Li<\/p>\n

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