Comment And I can confidently say.... (does NOT suck) (Score 1) 1514
... that you're full of bullocks.
The education system in this country, just like every other system in this country, has its high points and low points, its good members and its poor members. To make a blanket statement that ALL of it is poor quality is to only illustrate your own lack of qualification and necessary mental faculties to discuss the topic. Now, let's try to actually have a productive discussion...
There are good teachers out there and there are bad teachers out there, and while the good teachers should definitely be rewarded you also shouldn't allow a single whiny parent to ruin a teacher's career, or for a poor teacher to give away the good grades that will get them a promotion. Basically, the problem doesn't have an easy answer and any solution will require constant attention and updates. But the teachers are only a part of a larger system, and it too has similar problems. And the education system is part of an even larger system, and it too...
You get the idea. If you're convinced that the education system is so desperately in need of reform then I'd propose that the FIRST question to answer is what exactly do we want it to do? I frequently see knee-jerk reactions to what teachers are and aren't doing for the country's children, and more often then not I have to ask what happened to the parents? So much of what people criticize teachers for not teaching is something that should have been learned in the home long ago. In MY personal experience one of the biggest problems with the school system today are lazy students. Students who do their best to refuse the education that is being offered to them, if only they will take it.
To get back on topic, to say that everything about the education system sucks or is broken is to grossly misunderstand the solution, which I can confidently say having been educated by the public school system, being currently educated by the public university system, working in the public education system for 7 years, and having parents who have worked in the public education system for over a combined 40 years.
The education system in this country, just like every other system in this country, has its high points and low points, its good members and its poor members. To make a blanket statement that ALL of it is poor quality is to only illustrate your own lack of qualification and necessary mental faculties to discuss the topic. Now, let's try to actually have a productive discussion...
There are good teachers out there and there are bad teachers out there, and while the good teachers should definitely be rewarded you also shouldn't allow a single whiny parent to ruin a teacher's career, or for a poor teacher to give away the good grades that will get them a promotion. Basically, the problem doesn't have an easy answer and any solution will require constant attention and updates. But the teachers are only a part of a larger system, and it too has similar problems. And the education system is part of an even larger system, and it too...
You get the idea. If you're convinced that the education system is so desperately in need of reform then I'd propose that the FIRST question to answer is what exactly do we want it to do? I frequently see knee-jerk reactions to what teachers are and aren't doing for the country's children, and more often then not I have to ask what happened to the parents? So much of what people criticize teachers for not teaching is something that should have been learned in the home long ago. In MY personal experience one of the biggest problems with the school system today are lazy students. Students who do their best to refuse the education that is being offered to them, if only they will take it.
To get back on topic, to say that everything about the education system sucks or is broken is to grossly misunderstand the solution, which I can confidently say having been educated by the public school system, being currently educated by the public university system, working in the public education system for 7 years, and having parents who have worked in the public education system for over a combined 40 years.
