Just like with the police, education needs to be reformed in the United States. There is an opportunity here, I think. We likely won't take it.
goldfly (07-14-2020)
And I agree. I teach at a community college. We get students every semester right out of high school who can barely tie their shoe laces academically speaking. Some can't even to that. I would love to reform our educational system but as Dalyn said it won't happen. Too much politics involved and everybody loves to assume too much about too many things without knowing what they're talking about. As a finance person do you ONLY look at the bottom line of monetary matters?
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Eliminating the unions will only make matters worse and this is coming from someone who doesn't even like the teachers unions.
I totally agree with your statement in bold font. The problem is at its root, most people are lazy with the work ethic of a doorpost. They are like the Queen song, they want it all and they want it now but they aren't willing to work for it. The same goes for their kids. The kids want A grades for D effort and their parents believe and do whatever their kids tell them to believe/do. Eliminating the legal defense provided by the unions will finish destroying what is already a system teetering on the edge.
Have you ever tried to make 35+ kids in one room behave and learn something they didn't want to behave or learn with very little, if any backup for your disciplinary system? I have sent kids to the principals office for being aholes only to have them laugh at the principal on the way back to the classroom, AND the principal came out and heard them laughing at him, which caused him to threaten them even more, which of course made them laugh even louder. In the end, he blamed me for the disciplinary problem. This is an absolutely true story. Believe it or don't, that's up to you.
So, what would YOU do in such a situation?