This kind of thing is why I quit teaching high school. This - and fear for my life. It's getting worse all the time - at all grade levels, students are not expected to be responsible for their own education and behavior. But we will NEVER have a quality education system unless that happens.
I started college at the old age of 33, with a marriage behind me and five little kids to support. Going at that age is a real eye-opener. The level of rudeness and entitlement among the students was unbelievable to see.
I'm hoping karma gets those students. And gets your friend an awesome job somewhere else.
But how do we get our education system turned around? When an administration handles a situation the way you describe, I worry that we'll never be able to change things. That we've already lost the battle. It would have been so easy for the administration to handle it the way you suggest. But like so much else in this country, we only take the short-sighted view. The administrator is only going to do what's needed to bring the scores up, because he doesn't want to lose his job. He's worried about losing his job because HIS boss wants instant success and no trouble, and on up the ladder. So in the end, there's no one to insist on accountability.
I don't want a return to the days of a switch next to the teacher's desk and a dunce cap in the corner. But education is not something that's DONE to someone. It doesn't just happen. A teacher is necessary, but a student has to do the work of obtaining the education.
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I started college at the old age of 33, with a marriage behind me and five little kids to support. Going at that age is a real eye-opener. The level of rudeness and entitlement among the students was unbelievable to see.
I'm hoping karma gets those students. And gets your friend an awesome job somewhere else.
But how do we get our education system turned around? When an administration handles a situation the way you describe, I worry that we'll never be able to change things. That we've already lost the battle.
It would have been so easy for the administration to handle it the way you suggest. But like so much else in this country, we only take the short-sighted view. The administrator is only going to do what's needed to bring the scores up, because he doesn't want to lose his job. He's worried about losing his job because HIS boss wants instant success and no trouble, and on up the ladder. So in the end, there's no one to insist on accountability.
I don't want a return to the days of a switch next to the teacher's desk and a dunce cap in the corner. But education is not something that's DONE to someone. It doesn't just happen. A teacher is necessary, but a student has to do the work of obtaining the education.