infinity ag said:
dds08 said:
TAMUallen said:
There's a critical shortage of certified teachers as it is.
Just saying.
Better no teacher than a bad teacher.
After talking to my stepdaughter this weekend about her classes and teachers, they pretty much already have no teacher. I was blown away by how little the teachers actually do in classes these days. She's a sophomore in what is supposed to be a highly rated school district.
She said in PE, they're told to do whatever they want as long as they don't sit down. There's no organized activities. They have two "coaches" in the class and when I asked what they did during class time, she said they sit at their desks.
I asked about English, and she said they'll give them a reading prompt and tell them to "write something" about it. When I asked specifically what type of writing, like a summary, a critique, whatever....she said "they don't care. Just as long as it's xx number of lines."
Her elective is an unmanned aerial flight class. The first 5 minutes of the class they complete some sort of online "skills" test, and the rest of the class they play whatever video games they want.
The only class she likes is Chemistry because it actually challenges her.
It's insane to me that my low-performing, inner city highschool from 30 years ago was light years better than this affluent suburban "exemplary" school she's currently attending.
So yeah....burn the entire public education system to the ground and start over. I'm good with that.