All Night Senate Democrat protest?

Today the Senate voted to confirm Pres. Trump's pick for Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos. Although Senate Democrats were planning to protest the vote all night, it appears that that didn't pan out, thankfully. 

I think Betsy DeVos is a good pick for Sec. of Education. Our nation's education system is flawed and DeVos wants to reform it. I mean, can the system get any worse? She supports school choice and charter schools, which almost automatically makes her disliked by Democrats. The National Education Association (NEA) was fighting DeVos' confirmation tooth and nail by asking educators to call their senators and tell them no, which is completely fine since we elect our leaders. 

DeVos also held up under the Democrats' tough questioning, which was almost an interrogation. They were asking 'gotcha' questions and it didn't work. Nice try Al Franken, I reckon it's about time for you go back to SNL, they need all the help they get these days. 

I don't think DeVos needs experience in education to be successful as the Sec. of Education, I know Democrats and educators would argue with me on that. I thought America was more 'inclusive' than that. I'm not an educator and I noticed problems in the school system. Further, I write this blog without any experience in politics: I never held any elected office. Experience isn't always a requirement for a job.

To prove my point that our education system is flawed take a look at the Nation's Report Card, which shows the percentage of students performed at or above proficient in the nation. Here's a couple examples: 

• Grade 12 US History- 12%
• Grade 4 Geography- 20%
• Grade 12 Civics- 24%

Those numbers show me that our schools are under-performing. I remember a few years ago when I was in high school the Rowan-Salisbury School System was third from the bottom in the state for mathematics. I don't remember any specifics, but you can understand my point.

I'm not saying that DeVos is going to fix everything, but I'm glad she's getting a chance.

The reason I'm writing about this is I don't want the future generations of this country to be ill-equipped for college or for work. I'm tired of our country being inferior in math compared to other countries. Our country put a man on the moon and now we can't even be proficient in math. If that's not concerning to people, then I don't know what is.

Now, don't mistake my criticism of the school system as disdain for educators. I've had plenty of teachers that were genuinely trying to educate their students. My only issues are with the system, not the people.