Post 5) Who's to Blame

Rather than relying on facts and trying to work towards the common good, politicians are usually just working towards their own good. And the educational inequality is no different.

The video, “Obama’s Educational Takeover,” finds several ways in which the current president has “ruined” the education system all by himself. The video blames Obama on wasting a lot of money on reforms that are actually supporting the status quo. The video also claims that California has downgraded its education system to get more federal funding. All of the claims are done in an “educational” format, which throws out pieces of information taken out from the context. These types of arguments are very common. In addition to taking the information out from context they don’t offer any solutions or options for what is happening.

This video happens to be produced by the conservative thinkers so it is logical that it blames Obama and his administration for all the educational problems. For example, it doesn’t take into account the No Child Left Behind act, which was developed under the Bush administration. What makes this video even more controversial is the fact that it also blames “special interest groups” for shaping the educational reforms in a way that they would benefit from it. These special interest groups are made to sound like they would be big corporations. This is interesting, because usually it is the conservatives and the Republican party that benefits from these large corporations in the form of funding.

All of these accusations and arguments that are trying to put down the competition is time that is wasted. The effort should go towards developing and finding answers for the problems instead of blaming the opposite political party. It is no wonder that the problems in educational inequality cannot be solved, because everyone are only trying to put the blame on someone else.

Work Cited

Obama’s Education Takeover. Encounterbooks. YouTube, 14 Feb. 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2014.