[sageb1]

Someone on FOX interviewed a psychologist on Sunday about the growing problem of boys not doing as well in school as girls. She pointed out that this "problem" was being observed in boys as young as 3 and 4. Her solution was more qualified teachers, of course. Obviously, she was nothing more than a shill for the self-promoting NEA, who wants mandatory pre-K, more $ for the re-education of boys, etc.

Not one mention of the fact that girls invariably out-perform boys in elementary schools. Not one mention of the fact that boys are doing worse than they ever did because so many are growing up with no role models (aka fathers). No mention of the fact that boys are doing worse in reading and writing because parents have less and less time to spend with their young children. If young parents don't begin now to make wiser choices and realize that THEY are the best teachers for their young children, society deserves what it will get.

[summer]

In all fairness, there are also some very good teachers working very hard -- but, truly, in other situations, one must have a very high threshold for working with very incompetent people in education. If you don't have that ability to put up with A LOT OF CRAP, better to leave it to those jerks who run the system, because they will never quit their jobs, no matter what. Either you have to get stressed out and lose your health, or find a way to pretend that all that you see and experience is just a mirage in certain situations. (And, some people are better at pretending than others!)

[summer]

society deserves what it will get.

And, BTW, I think that's true.