Posted on 02/10/2019 8:24:14 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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When you teach sight words instead of phonics, thats the result. Weve been doing it for 50 years or so, but the geniuses that run the education bureaucracies cant figure out the problem.One third of pupils cant read.
That sounds absolutely spot on. Ive never understood how anyone ever learned how to read and write Chinese.
It is long past time to ABOLISH government schools
Educating children is far too important to let government continue its catastrophically failed pretense at doing it,
How utterly astonishing! It's not like the Greeks and Romans devised such a system millennia ago ...
Good analogy.
The trouble is that education is a cultural endeavor - and you either teach one culture or another. Bible reading and the Lords Prayer in school is one culture, not reading the Bible and not praying a Christian prayer is another.With consequences in either case.
She says teachers aren't the problem. I say it's the tip of the iceberg.
There's no part of public schools that works the way it should...not teachers, administrators, students, or parents. And there's no way to fix it. That's how it's gotten as bad as it is, and getting worse. There's no accountability for anyone.
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Seemed be more interested in bringing the focus upon themselves.
She must be a real joy in the classroom. I think you’re a better writer!
It’s long, agreed. But I read it all. Her main point is that it’s not generally the teacher’s fault - but students attitude and very bad disciplinary and curriculum policies.
I am totally in favor of school choice/vouchers. Before making that step, parents should be informed of their kids grades and attitude. In K-6 we were graded on performance, effort and attitude. Parents, and schools, should know what kind of kids are coming in and choose the school that will correct the most important deficiencies. I was a great learner, but a mediocre student - I had my issues as an adolescent but I wasn’t a troublemaker. Often just lazy because for the most part I was smart enough to get by, not then knowing that I only needed to compare myself to myself, not others.
The lions share of her blame goes to administrators, and though my experience is from decades ago I can’t quarrel with her argument. It appears to have gotten worse. If I were a teacher I would simply write hall passes for the disruptive kids. Let them hang out in the cafeteria if they don’t want to learn and let others learn.
Unwritten in the essay but I think a big deal is the money. Schools need attendance to get their cash. So they want to force all kids into this day-care system. Anyway among all the bad policies is the policy that your socio-economic status and choice of neighborhood dictates which school your kid goes to... good kids get caught up in the grinder of bad schools and bad student peers. Parents have no recourse, they should have all the say. And there is plenty of money for it - all the large schools are valuable assets which can be refitted to handle multiple smaller independent schools, or sold to finance the teachers’ pensions while great schools are being built each targeting different types of students and desires and teaching methods. A free market for education!
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When I went to school we had "tracking" where the students who scored higher on standardized tests and wanted to learn were in once group and so on. This was the best approach IMHO for both students and teachers.
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