Idiot Nation

Idiot Nation
I have to admit I was not too crazy about having to read Michael Moore’s Idiot Nation. He is not the type of person who I would seek out for his opinion. Here I am going to judge him, but I feel he is too quick to judge and place blame on others. I think since he dropped out of college from not being able to find a parking spot, he is compensating his motivation or lack thereof elsewhere. I feel he works hard to voice his ideas to whoever will listen, even if they are not always correct. However, after reading his belief on the education system I found I agreed with some ideas but others were ridiculous to me.
To illustrate, Moore places responsibility on the teachers for the failing education system. I am sure that it is easier to place the blame on them because they spend so much time with students. In any event, any job will have good and bad employees. There is no difference because they teach children. If students are not doing well in school it might not always be the teachers fault. We have to place blame in correct order before pointing fingers. I wonder who that could be.
Students have the choice to learn and further their education. If students are lazy and unmotivated, that is all on them. We need to stop being codependent and let students take responsibility for the choices and actions they have chosen to make. If anyone is to blame for the students choices it is in the home with parents first, not teachers. Parents are the ones who frame their child’s mind and then send them out into the big world. Therefore, they are responsible for how their child does in school. For example with Moore’s education, his parents made the choice to keep him in 1st grade rather than moving to second grade. He was bored in school, to cure it the teachers wanted to move him up a grade. Nevertheless, it was his parents’ decision to forgo that idea and keep his mind uninterested with studies.
When I finally finished reading Moore’s outlook for Idiot Nation I found it entertaining. I think it was not as bad as I thought it would be and maybe I might consider other things he has said. One thing I will agree with him on is the education has problems, but accusing does not help the problem. In the end, we need to look in the home before we point our finger and glance down to realize we have three fingers pointing back at us.