"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." -Malcom X
There are problems within education and careers including issues with health care, standardized testing, inner city schools and nursing.
Standardized Testing: There are many problems with testing in high schools today. Many feel that kids aren't being tested on skills that they will need for the future. This leads to many problems for students and teachers. Students do worse in stressful and pressured situations, especially when it's time to take a test. This page will give you a little more insight on why high school students are getting so stressed out over these big tests.
Inner City School Issues: Inner city schools are struggling to provide their students with the education they deserve. A combination of lack of funding and student poverty are contributing to the problem. Students attending inner city schools deserve the same education as neighboring suburban school children. This is an increasingly serious issue that will require commitment, time, and much needed funding to correct.
The Nursing Shortage: The nursing shortage in the United States is frightening to all who are involved in healthcare. There are many factors contributing to the current shortage which includes: Population growth due to the baby boomers generation resulting in a growing need for health care services, a fading number of students in nursing, and the aging of the nurses in the workforce. This page will show how the medical field is working to overcome this critical shortage.
Problems in the Health Care Field: Have you ever wondered about all the mistakes that happen behind the doors of a hospital room? Health Care Standard of Care has improved a lot over the past years. The mistakes a doctor and/or nurse make can greatly affect a lot of things. It's scary to think you are putting your life in danger by just walking into a hospital. "Each year, hospital-acquired infections, prescribing and treatment errors, lost documents and test reports, communication failures, and other problems have caused thousands of deaths in the United States, added to the millions of days to patients' hospital stays, and cost Americans tens of billions of dollars" ("12 Worst Medical Technology Dangers"). It's time to uncover the dirtiest secrets of the hospital.
Works Cited List
"Malcolm X Quotes." ThinkExist.com. ThinkExist, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.<http://thinkexist.com/malcolm_x_quotes/>.
"12 Worst Medical Technology Dangers." Medscape. WebMD LLC, n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2013. <http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/tech-dangers>.