Most certification requirements ARE ludicrous.
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That others will cooperate with ludicrous doesn’t make the ludicrous any less ludicrous. ( Is a “duh” needed here?)
Government schools are ludicrous because they are godless socialist-entitlements. One of the predictable outcomes of socialism is ludicrous policies and practices.
I can't agree.
Once upon a time, public education worked VERY well in this country, so it is not possible to legitimately broadly castigate "government schools" as the source of the problem.
IMO, it has way more to do with which level of government is in charge. When the local community built the schools, hired the teachers, and paid their salaries, the system worked. But as higher and higher levels of government got involved and usurped control, things got progressively worse.
THE highest level that should control the schools is county, or maybe the local PTA for a specific school. Or perhaps a "school district" between those two levels.
Give'em the power to hire and fire teachers and staff, and I'd bet things would change for the better in a hurry.
There fixed it for you.