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Education isn't a problem in SC..... the problem is there are many unmotivated students and many of them are anti-academics.
You don't think that part of a well-rounded education system is to find ways to engage unmotivated students? I was a good example. I started highschool in a 4A school in NC. Didn't do well in that environment at all. Switched to a smaller school where teachers didn't ignore their students and I started to flourish.
Throwing your hands up in the air and blaming the kids is going to keep SC at the bottom of the rankings for education.
I thought I was able to choose SAT or ACT. Maybe not, though I don't know if it made a huge difference. What also doesnt work in our favor is the state not taking education as serious as it should. Though I agree education is subjective. We need to fix how we fund our schools. The difference between Lexington 1 and 4 is embarrassing.
I think that list is hokey...Iowa #1? But that doesn't mean it's completely dishonest. We do have a lot of work to do, especially in the rural areas. They're what drag us down so low, but it's not necessarily their fault. Our economy is on fire, but our GDP per capita is still terrible, the 5th lowest, which is a shame being the 23rd largest state. Iowa actually does kick our butt in that metric.
I have family in Iowa. It’s an area surrounded by gravel roads, high unemployment, and low wages. But it’s great Des Moines is doing so well.
Education isn't a problem in SC..... the problem is there are many unmotivated students and many of them are anti-academics.
There have been thousands of people who graduated from SC high schools and were accepted into good colleges and then obtained careers in challenging professions like medicine, law, architecture, chemistry, engineering, etc.
This includes graduates of high schools outside of the larger metros.
This has been my experience with rural areas pretty much anywhere I’ve seen. Most seem like they want to stick around their family and friends they grew up with and work at the local factory or mine. Not everybody wants to move to a big metro, work a white collar job, and join the rat race. I can see that being a motivation killer and I have no idea what policy would suddenly change that mindset, nor if that mindset is necessarily a bad thing in the first place.
Coastal NC and VA are not contributing to their rankings. Coastal NC is about as backwoods as it gets. What’s pulling VA and NC up is DC and Charlotte. That being said, I’d rather pull my own fingernails out than live in the DC metro, I don’t care how it ranks.
Currently you’re living in one of the best ranking metros, so as far as rankings go, you’re wanting to move to lower ranked metro over a higher one. Rather than choosing to be miserable for the next 10 years, start appreciating what you do have.
I don't think you are right. I love coastal NC and Coastal VA, coastal NC is a beautiful place Outer Banks , I would like to live there. Coastal Va. is bigger than Charleston, SC and has many more resources. I absolutely believe Tidewater, VA has more resources and revenue than Charleston, so how can that not contribute to the rankings?
I agree DC metro sucks, and would never live there. Northern Virginia and Southern coastal Virginia are really like to different states. Different people, culture, and even food is different.
These rankings are always so subjective. One could have a fantastic quality of life in any state, or very much not, depending on a wide variety of factors and priorities.
You don't think that part of a well-rounded education system is to find ways to engage unmotivated students? I was a good example. I started highschool in a 4A school in NC. Didn't do well in that environment at all. Switched to a smaller school where teachers didn't ignore their students and I started to flourish.
Throwing your hands up in the air and blaming the kids is going to keep SC at the bottom of the rankings for education.
I and others support school vouchers so parents can send their kids to another school. That way if the parent thinks it is the school's fault their kid is struggling, they have options.
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