<p>I think the US college admissions process is probably to blame for that. Where I live, there are about 7 good Large public Unis, then a tier below. Basically. anyone who works hard in HS and is reasonably good at schools will get admitted. It takes out a lot of the stress.</p>
<p>@Jwen It’s a serious topic.</p>
<p>I think every student should be required to take 1 real-life class in either junior or senior year. In this class students would learn: how to balance a checkbook, how to budget, how taxes work, how credit cards work, how interest works, how the stock market works, how to read a contract, how to write a resume, how to interview for a job, how to cook a meal, how to change your car’s oil, how to fix a flat tire…</p>
<p>I can’t tell you how many people I know that don’t know how to do the majority of these things. I’m grateful that my mom and dad brought me up knowing these things, but that isn’t the case for most people.</p>
<p>My biggest problem with my school system is lack of care or support for low-income students, mainly because of the sheer lack of them. This year, my family took a severe blow financially and we are struggling severely right now. The school system (particularly the guidance department when asking for SAT waivers) is geared towards the upper-middle class. There should be extended resources for low-income students and a wider spectrum of opportunities and higher education institutions for poor students.</p>
<p>All I can say is fix mathematics… In the best way I can describe it briefly… It’s way too much memorizing algorithms and running them. And that’s wrong (morally).</p>