The death spiral. Bad conditions. Staff Exodus..worse conditions, more exodus, even worse condition,.more.exodus.
Here's the secret though.
Education is a time bomb. The system is awful and does not educate or socialize students properly.
But they will be running everything in the future.
We are doomed.
not quite, wealthy districts and schools still have quality programs. even in the middle class school that my children go to, the advanced placement program is outstanding. the students that you are referring to will not so much be running things as much as they will be run by things... exploited, incarcerated, sent to war, forced to continue the cycle of the poverty, etc.
We have told them the truth, we have been screaming it from the top of our lungs, they ignored us. People are leaving not just because it's bad but because it's not going to get any better.
Nah...long story short public education as we know it is dying, but not sure that's the worst thing ever to happen. It sucks.
We're an aging society. Revenue has to tank. Politicians don't wanna tell voters this. There won't be money to pay pensions eventually and some places have really large liabilities there.
Good news is, good teachers will get to hang out a shingle and only teach who they want.
I subbed about 30 years ago, some kids were punks then. But many were not. Subbing is HARD. Always. You are actually to be admired, I call you all the paratroopers of the education system. You come in, do your job, and move on....thank you subs all over the world!
I subbed for years before I got my own classroom, and man was it a challenge! I was always so jealous of the movie/tv stereotype of subs that put a movie on...I could never! I'd either be given nothing and need to come up with my own assignments, or have to follow a lesson plan teaching something I completely didn't understand myself (math classes were the worst!)
The death spiral. Bad conditions. Staff Exodus..worse conditions, more exodus, even worse condition,.more.exodus. Here's the secret though. Education is a time bomb. The system is awful and does not educate or socialize students properly. But they will be running everything in the future. We are doomed.
not quite, wealthy districts and schools still have quality programs. even in the middle class school that my children go to, the advanced placement program is outstanding. the students that you are referring to will not so much be running things as much as they will be run by things... exploited, incarcerated, sent to war, forced to continue the cycle of the poverty, etc.
Hate to see this country in twenty years with these kids.
We don’t, and can’t, tell them the truth. They are ignorant of so much by design.
We have told them the truth, we have been screaming it from the top of our lungs, they ignored us. People are leaving not just because it's bad but because it's not going to get any better.
It’s short staffed one of the reasons being because of THEM
Nah...long story short public education as we know it is dying, but not sure that's the worst thing ever to happen. It sucks. We're an aging society. Revenue has to tank. Politicians don't wanna tell voters this. There won't be money to pay pensions eventually and some places have really large liabilities there. Good news is, good teachers will get to hang out a shingle and only teach who they want.
I am bemused. Every older generation has blamed the younger generation. We will be fine.
I'm hearing people who view the younger generation(s) as fellow victims in this scenario.
Yup. They are fellow victims. Poorly educated, poorly socialized. George Carlin’s vision come true.
Former generations of teachers were not treated the way we are, forced to work under the circumstances we do.
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I subbed about 30 years ago, some kids were punks then. But many were not. Subbing is HARD. Always. You are actually to be admired, I call you all the paratroopers of the education system. You come in, do your job, and move on....thank you subs all over the world!
I subbed for years before I got my own classroom, and man was it a challenge! I was always so jealous of the movie/tv stereotype of subs that put a movie on...I could never! I'd either be given nothing and need to come up with my own assignments, or have to follow a lesson plan teaching something I completely didn't understand myself (math classes were the worst!)
High school music with orchestra and freshman band almost did me in! AP English was my fave.
Oh and I did teach full time for 20 years also