Disrupting Class

In the brief introduction we read in class tonight, I found it interesting when the article talked about all the possible reasons American students are falling behind students from other countries; however,the book refutes that all of those possible causes are the root of the problem, and instead, argues that the extrinsic values are not the same here as they are in other countries. More specifically, the introduction argues that since the United States has become prosperous and its citizens do not necessarily need to fight for those practical jobs to be wealthy, they choose more fluffy occupations and interests to pursue in College.