The lockdown accelerated a process that was already in progress. This is not an unintended consequence. It is a war or extermination.
Quick! More money for teachers and schools! We don’t spend enough for “our children”!
The nation, as a whole, should be moving to home schooling or some sort of School Choice. The government schools are universally bad — and bad in a thousand different ways. Parents can do better by themselves. There are so many resources, and if the government is going to tell you that “remote school” is suddenly a thing, and if they don’t know and don’t care about how that’s actually going, then why don’t parents step in and play that game as well? The parents will know. The parents will care. The big stumbling block is “the need for two incomes” and therefore no one can stay home and educate the kids. This is also a solvable problem. Putting up with under-performing school is stupid.
Note: the traditional argument against home school is that the kids will miss out on the “socialization” they get in a public school setting. Well, look around — the very best thing about home schooling is that your child will miss out on the “socialization” they get in a public school setting.
I sub at a school whereI used to teach. The Jr High kids are far behind in basic skills than where they should be—and they experienced the shutdown in 3rd or 4th grade. The kids behind them, now in 4th or 5th grade, are even further behind. On top of that, the kids, with some exceptions of course, have a very poor work ethic.
As if it was planned this way...
...And educators and Teachers unions will either look the other way, or deny it.
You don’t need good grades to be on welfare.
Import the 3rd world
Get the 3rd world
I contend a bunch of sociopaths where created during that time.
Just wanted industry wanted. Now they can justify hiring alien STEMs at half the rate as US STEMs because the US Stems just aren’t qualified.
And still nobody in jail or executed. Shame.
In the early 2000s I taught Middle School math. I also ran an after-school study/tutoring hall M-F, 3 hours each day (yes, I love teaching and showing people easy ways to do almost anything) Before I came to this school, the Principal had to beg individual teachers to staff the after school study hall. It was not always open previously.
The reason I write all this is there were other Middle School math teachers in the same school who would not help their own students after school. Some of the students stated their own teacher recommended they should go to the study hall. Some of these teachers would show up 5 minutes before school began, and leave at the afternoon bell. It was a joy to wake up young skulls full of mush, and inspire them, convince them they could do anything they set their minds to do.
PS. This school had fantastic discipline, and supported making each classroom a place to learn. It is not a private school, and if a student just wanted to be disruptive every day, they did not remain in the classroom.
Pandemic added to it, but this is a result of the common core approach to math. Most kids learn math best via the boring, old fashioned way. Having very young students learn several approaches, be creative, etc. Just doesn’t work. And the vast majority of elementary school teachers suck too much at math to even do that approach correctly, so they hand out worksheets and mark kids wrong for right answers.
Gifted students in math (top 1 to 2%) are a different story. There my advice would be four days a week of self-paced learning of the standard curriculum and one day a week of a special math class with other bright kids and a mathematician or other STEM professional.
This is not the fault of lockdowns or schools or teachers.
It’s solely and exclusively the fault of parents.
This was among the aims of the "event" as well as a clear consequence of Fauci-Birx following the Ferguson modeling which was essentially driven by the CCP. We were played, and massive damage alongside massive profits cheered the few.
But, but, but....we “kept everybody safe”!
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But they know all about butt f**king each other.
Public government school indoctrination centers are child abuse.
Just as planned.
An unintelligent public is an easily controlled public.
bttt