I taught embedded systems at a junior college in the San Diego area from 1980 to 1983. It was an enjoyable experience because my students wanted to be there. Per the Regional Occupational Program funding my course, 91% of my students got hired by DEC or IBM. ROP was very happy with that stat. Some of my students showed up at the computer center where I worked for PacBell. They were in the building doing maintenance work on the mainframes. A couple of them moved to Las Vegas and went to work for companies making gaming machines for Las Vegas. The age range of my students was 15 to 65. A very ethnically diverse classroom as well. They came with a good attitude and left with marketable skills.
> It was an enjoyable experience because my students wanted to be there. <
I had something like that in my teaching schedule. It was my honors science classes. Kids specifically selected those classes. And if they didn’t do well, or if they misbehaved, they were moved down to the matching mainstream class.
Those honors classes worked well, and I enjoyed teaching them. So of course the school board eliminated all the honors classes. Their student makeup did not reflect the makeup of the school as a whole.
Woke-ism strikes again.