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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin
No Child Left Behind
Race To The Top
When are we gonna see
No More Fucking Bullshit Passing As Education?
How about 1) Get rid of non performing teachers (meaning teachers who suck at teaching or are just burned out
2) Give the teachers something to work with and some authority
3) Make the parents step to the plate and take some responsibility
4) yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Bullshit
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In France, our Education System is different. But I wholeheartedly agree with 1) and 2).
I don't have children so I am not exactly a good judge of the system. Nontheless I've seen everything go downhill for about 30 years now.
The rules were : don't disturb the critters, hence less and less tests, less and less content in classes.
I see it in my younger colleagues : awful grammar and spelling skills, little no knowledge about history/geography, understanding of foreign languages that is abysmal.
The current government tries to get back to at least a good teaching of French, but as a group, the teachers in state schools are saying 'no'.
In reality, grading tests is work and they don't want to. And their status as public servants is such that you cannot fire them unless they kill a child. Molesting would lead only to a transfer away.
I remember my mother (retired private school sector teacher) who usually graded 4 tests a week (French, Math, Sciences, History/Geography) all year long.