Where in the World is Education Better??

We surveyed 88 students asking them to compare education in their native country with the US. Surprisingly, only 57% of the students said the US is better. The other 47% preferred the education system in their native country.
People who said that education is better in United States said that in this country you have many more educational opportunities and you can actually enjoy your education rather than just look at it as a boring task. The United States gives you the opportunity to learn things in a more fun way that makes education very interesting for young people. In their native countries students didn’t get to have a good relationship with their teachers. Many students mentioned that their teachers weren’t available to talk with them about problems inside and outside school. However, here most of the teachers are always available to talk to the students. Another thing somebody mentioned was that in the United States you are accepted for who you are and you can make the best of it. In other countries students have problems with education because teachers want them to think in only one way, but in the United States teachers are trying to find the best skill a student has and bring it up to the surface. Students here have more freedom to use the skills they have to their advantage.
The other 47% chose the education system in their native country. Most of the students said that even though here there are more opportunities, the level of knowledge in their countries was much higher. Students said that back in their countries they learned much more advanced content than here. However, we have to understand that our school is for second language students and that is a reason why it may seem easier. Other students said that learning in a second language is simply too difficult. Students also said that teachers in their native countries were stricter. Teachers kept a distance making the students work harder.
However, education shouldn’t’ be something that seems like a task but something that you want to do and, in my opinion, if teachers are so strict and they don’t care whether you learn or not then education won’t be interesting and you won’t want to learn.
Many years ago when people couldn’t be educated unless they had money, they fought for education. They wanted everyone to be able to learn and have the ability to become educated because they thought that education was a wonderful thing. If we will now make education seem as something boring and horrible then all of that effort was useless. Everyone has different opinions about where education is better, but wherever that is, it should be fun and enjoyable because education will only make our lives better.

Katerina Andreadis