Bush V. Duncan's Speech Analysis

Education has been a widespread topic throughout the years, it is an ongoing discussion on how we are able to better our children. In these passages we learned the goals of the different presidents, both republican George W. Bush versus democrat Arne Duncan the secretary of education under Barack Obama wanted to make the learning environment better for the kids in high school and above and educated our kids to the best of their ability. Bush believes that we need to have “higher expectations” for our schools. He doesn’t want children should to just be “shuffled through the system,” instead they should be tested to see what their strengths and weaknesses are and improve them to better prepare them for life. We need to make sure that kids can “read and write, or add and subtract”.
Duncan believes High School students needs to have a “well-rounded curriculum” and great extra curricular activities that they are able to explore and be able to find their passion. Although both of these speakers are wanting to give students the best education possible, Duncan wants them to go farther in life, whereas Bush wants students to be able to get through high school with the basic knowledge and to get a job that pays enough money to be able to get through life. Bush doesn't mention anything about College in his speech. He doesn’t expect kids to go to a Postsecondary education. On the other hand, Duncan wants High school to be a “launching pads for further growth”. He wants High School to be a place that prepares them for postsecondary school. He wants students to not only get through College but be able to pursue a job that is “meaningful”. Duncan set a goal to have America have the “highest college completion rate in the world” by the end of the