Ruffy, I didn't look at your links yet. When I have time to sit down and watch them, I will. And i will respond to them.
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Ruff yes you have a point of lower education high school on down. But are we not talking about higher education and having the best schooling in the world?
Teachers have almost ZERO accountability. Nothing like a teacher that is inadequate for their job. Yet every time any amount of accountability is placed on them they cry foul and run to their union reps.
I grew up with a mother as a teacher. Love her dearly but ignorance is ignorance no matter how you want to dress it up. Teachers need to be held to a higher standard if you want kids to learn more.
And I might add I am a father of three and see what some of these teachers teach my kids. Some are excellent in their fields, some are not. Who is holding them accountable?
Wow is a response I would expect from a teacher. Now teach us why you think my statement is incorrect or wrong. I am open minded and am ok with being told I am wrong. But you have to prove my statement incorrect.
Why do I HAVE to disprove YOUR statemtns? YOU said them. It must be your teachers fault that you can't defend your own statements.
You're NOT open minded at all. You think ALL TEACHERS are the problem. Yeah, that's a blanket open minded statement there.
But it's probably your teacher's fault that you aren't open minded enough to understand it.
At 10:00 last night night, I wasn't going to sit down and type up anything for you.
So here ya go....For one, teachers and principals don't write curriculum or school policy. That is set by the State or local Consortium. Teachers must follow State defined education standards and teachers are subject to annual or bi-annual review by administrators.
What accountability are you referring to when you say "teachers have NO accountability"?
Most of the profession is bound by constraints set WAY outside of the Teacher's reach.
Go get permission, if you can, to sit in on an IEP and find out what can and cannot be done for a special-needs student or someone with learning difficulties. Your eyes just might be opened a tremendous amount. Teachers don't decide what course of action to take on that student. State laws and the parents make the decision. The staff can only inmplement a plan that is adopted based on what the state mandates they do, and finally, with consent of the parents. And it's the TEACHER's fault?
Now go throw parents into the mix, and MOST of the time it goes pretty well. But then again, you have those parents who admit right there they with-hold food, lock their kid in the closet, "gave him an *** beating" because he hid his homework in the barn or don't send them to school so the bruises go away first. I had a kid this year miss 55.5 days of school before the dad finally withdrew him. And that problem is caused by the TEACHERS?
EVERY KID is different. EVERY ONE. I don't have a class of 25. I could have 150 kids come and go through my room every day. When they come into my room today I have no idea if they got breakfast, didn't do their homework, were yelled at, fell and skinned their knee, went to bed without dinner, smoked dope, watched p0rn, listed to their parents fight (or worse), had their cat die, are feeling suicidal...and the list goes ON. I could have no idea what kind of baggage their life is dragging along today and how it affects their ability or willingness to learn. AND THAT'S THE TEACHER'S PROBLEM?
Sure, there are things that the field of education could do better. No doubt. BUT, there is a VERY LARGE degredation in our society. Drugs, alcohol, poor work ethic, lack of personal accountability, the crap they see on TV, poor parenting skills, helicopter parents or parents who neglect (both ends of the spectrum) or even abuse are not helping our children.
Who saw Dealiest Catch last night when the Cornelia Marie came into port and Jake Harris slipped off the boat to flee to the airport before the cops could catch him? I'm sure that's the fault of all of his teachers.
Naturally, as most people want to find the easy way out...and mostly, parents want our schools to help our kids perform better. However, parents are the first ones to complain about the amound of work their child brings home at night.
It all starts at home...parental involvement.
With a seat of the pants feel here (from 13 years experience)...Starting at a YOUNG age and following through until middle school or even high school, parents that are involved in their child's education, who sit down at night with them, implementing a positive, proactive and productive approach to overseeing their child's homework at night...those children achieve far better.
As a parent, when you turn a kid loose and expect him to get his homework done on his own without any oversight...that kid is likely not to perform as well. And I might even be understating that considerably.
If you have a problem with what your kids are being taught, go to the principal. Schedule a meeting. Ask to see the District curriculum guide. Have that administrator explain how the state standards are being met by this curriculum. I'm sure you'll find that the teacher is doing what they can and what they are supposed to. I'm sure you'll find that it's not the teachers, as a whole, who are the problem with the field of education like you stated.
My room is open before class begins. Students come in for help.
I have a duty free lunch...I give up my duty free lunch EVERY DAY for two reasons...holding students accountable for their behavior or to help students who need extra help.
I have students in my room an hour longer that I need to after school each day.
You and I don't live in the same town and we don't know each other's education system....but for you to say TEACHERS are the root of all the problems....spend some time getting to know them and their job a little more before you say that.
I started typing this 3 hours ago...but I've been busy with other important stuff...and I could come up with a LOT more strong examples and things to say in response to you, but I'm busy right now. I am assessing a bunch of 11 year old's grasp on the Literary Elements of a novel we just finished.
