The Pros And Cons Of American Exceptionalism

The word exceptional is synonymous with best; therefore, by that principle, American Exceptionalism means that America is the best. Because of the idea of American Exceptionalism, it is clear that the United States is the best nation at education. The US leads the world as the 24th in reading, 25nd in science, and 40th in math of of 72 nations on the PISA, a measure of international education (Programme). Because of these statistics, the educational system in the US is the best. The grading systems, college tuition, time spent in school, class sizes, and educational spending of other countries are detrimental, as proven by the US outscoring other nations by a landslide. The simple A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F grading system that varies between schools and classes is far superior to a system with any logical basis. A system that places stress on perfectionism as opposed to learning is much better because the most exceptional Americans with education have never made a mistake. A very good grade in France is a 14/20, where everything is graded out of

Since the US has an enormous GDP of $18.6 billion (GDP), it only makes sense that the US spends 5.4% on education. France, the United Kingdom, and Denmark all have much considerably smaller GDPs than that of the US, yet they devote a larger amount of their already small GDP to education (Government). The statistic that an increase of just 10% in spending per student leads to higher graduation rates, adult salaries, and a lower likelihood of poverty (The Benefits) means nothing. America should spend this money on very important things such as burning fossil fuels and building nuclear weapons, which don’t at all require people with college education for production and operation. If other countries spent less of their money of education and more on programs that require a strong educational basis, they would be so much better