Adding And Subtracting Fractions Worksheets Are Very Useful

By Eugenia Dickerson


One must wonder whether the average adult could compete with a student on basic math and science skills. When presented with adding and subtracting fractions worksheets, could a normal 30 year old adult show the same amount of knowledge that an average 14 year old student could? It's doubtful, considering the inability of most grown folks to do simple arithmetic.

The American education system has broken. After decades of serving pupils that turned out to be engineers, doctors, scientists and teachers of the highest caliber, it has now become a system that caters to laziness and excuses poor performance. Our students are no longer competitive in the world and it is being reflected by the fact that our country is becoming less competitive.

Many people question why our unemployment rates are high and why corporations are outsourcing jobs to foreign nations. The answer is simple, the quality of employee they can get from overseas is higher. People from other nations are taught from an early age to be hard workers and to provide results.

Physical education teachers are patching and duct taping equipment so that it can be used passed its intended usage. Notebooks are used instead of workbooks so that they can be passed down to the next class without being filled with answers. Textbooks are so out of date as to be completely irrelevant in some cases. How can we expect children to learn when the information they receive isn't accurate?

Does this ignorance reflect stupidity, apathy, indifference or even all three? It's unthinkable to consider that nobody cares. It's horrifying to think that the responsibility that mankind used to feel for improving constantly has been replaced by the hope that "someone else will do it". What will happen to us as a nation and even as a world if we stop trying to improve?

Perhaps if we had allowed for better math education, our economy would not have tanked in the housing bubble. It's not inconceivable that our failings in educating our students has become reflected in an incompetent leadership. If our science education was more top of the line, our astronauts might not be working on a Russian space station and our domestic vehicles would be more competitive in the global market.

Hopefully the example being set by these cities and students is one that will catch on. The overwhelming amount of underachieving students in developed nations can look to these examples and understand that with hard work, determination and persistence, they too can become future leaders in finance, science and technology.

It's time that we allow our children to form those fond memories of multiplication tables, adding and subtracting fractions worksheets and long division. Those things form the basis for a strong education and a strong ability to be competitive in a global economy. We need to empower the future generations with the ability to be great.




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