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OT: The subject of education in this country is one of my biggest pet peeves.

The problem isn't always the teachers though. However, teacher certification exams should be a requirement. One of the problems is cultural, its amazing how American school systems plan an educational school year based on what was once an agrarian culture in which children we're needed to plant and harvest crops. Mechanization and technology has long since transformed agriculture in most of the United States so that it is less labor intensive. What we need to do now is harvest and cultivate better minds by making School a full-time deal. Seven hours of school should be mandatory.

A national mentoring program should be put in place so that real life work experiences can supplement educational curriculum.

Student vacations should be incentive driven.

Teaching positions should be a full-time job with time for sabbaticals so they can learn and improve teaching methodologies.

The biggest problem is in how we fund education in this country its usually based on property taxes. Poorer areas of the country end up with less resources. A percentage of a National Sales tax should be used to provide every public school with the needed resources.

A minimum set of National standards would also be a good reform.

How is that for Pie-in-the-Sky stuff ?