Now, don't get me wrong. I love my country. I'm probably one of the most patriotic people out there. In my opinion, you must love your country tremendously.
Anyway, just clearing that up... On to the main point.

America has been a major hotspot for scientific, cultural, and other developments for a while now. America has been ahead of the rest of the world for a while now, but, sadly, it is beginning to slip. China is probably ahead of us by now. But there is a way to get the nation back in shape. And, I have come up with three ways.

I. The reason America is behind on scientific terms is, and not because of education, but because of interest. You can educate a person all you want, that doesn't mean he wants to go into education or science himself. Now, why might there be a lack of interest? Well, it is because we live in the generation where the media has became such an influencing factor that it is just plain stupid. The media never glorifies educators and such. What do they glorify? Movie actors, sports players, and so on. Never any educators or thinkers. So, the way that we fix this, is that the media needs to shift focus. Shift focus big time, so that we can get ahead of the game, once again.

II. The reason why America is behind on scientific terms (And I am in full support of the War in Iraq and the War on Terror) is that we have been spending alot of money on the military. Don't get me wrong; I support the Military, but what I am saying is, is that after the war is over, the United States should concentrate on getting to Mars, in my opinion. And maybe putting some sort of base on the moon. I think the base should be military/scientific, to allow for both defense and research. And, we should also try and concentrate on Artificial Intelligence and robotics. You see, I believe the future of our kind is less in the development of biological advances, even though there will still be advances, don't get me wrong. I believe that the future of our kind is mainly in the exploration of space and the advancement of robotics.

III. The reason why America is behind on scientific terms is because of the arguments and such going on. For instance, religion and evolution. America has been doing fine and was ahead of the world in science and such until recently, where such things as the taking the word "God" out of the pledge and stuff have been happening. Now, believe it or not, but religion gives people motivation. They feel like they can accomplish things. Now, this doesn't mean that atheists don't have motivation, but if an atheist person tries to take away religion from a religious person, that person will lose their motivation. Now, this isn't an attack on atheists, but this is more an attack on the idea of getting rid of religion or making everyone religious themselves. I believe the idea of banning religion shouldn't be mainstream, because people don't want to hear it. Religion should not be taken away. Now, this is the most... "Unstable" of my ideas, it may or may not work, but I think I have come on to something.

Now, what do you think? How do you think America can get back into shape? Those are my ideas. Be free to comment on them. I want to see your opinions...

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