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Originally Posted by LewisM
Sadly, it is not just Yanks (though we are on a role of anti-American lately here  ). Millennial Australians and current primary and secondary schoolers probably can't. We have had to EXTENSIVELY home-teach (supplemental to regular schooling) our 9 y.o - she was not able to tell me a single Australian capitol until I taught her, let alone name any planets, understand what a year is, or even do division.
What appals me is they get homework once a fortnight, and ONLY if we ask for it!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soros education for you! So, we take matters in our own hands - a responsibility that every parent should take since the education system is failing to deliver - our 9y.o went from all C's to now nearly all B's in a matter or a couple months of work. Plus she also attends non-English after-school schooling for 3 hours 5 days a week.
Her younger sister, thankfully, we "rescued" in time after recognising the failings of the sordidly pathetic education system. |
You are naming up some very common misconceptions here and I'll explain it to you, being a teacher.
- If everything goes well, a teacher gets an average of 6 minutes per student 1:1 time per week. (The math is simple)
- Suffice to say, that wonderful state does not exist in our current reality...
- I'll leave the next line blank, just think "discipline, or lack there of..." and fill it in for yourself...
- Most "parent associations and others" oppose "homework" on principle. Most of those bodies are composed of people who did not study academic subjects or understand the first thing about the knowledge acquisition process.
(I actually have a an open email policy with my students... 24/7; got a problem, talk to me about it... Need help, come see me before/after school or during lunch break and I'll help. Number of takers? 1%)
- If governments don't fund education, students don't get resources and though they bleat mightily about how much they "spend", the reality is teachers are often buying resources for their classrooms out of their own wages... I do several grand per year myself. Some teachers are providing breakfast as well...
- Guess how many times the curriculum has been reworked by pollies in the last 20 years?
- There are many who say teachers get great holidays.... I pull 60 hour weeks on a regular basis and work straight through my "holidays" most years... You wanna know stress? Become a teacher who cares about children... most of us do!
Finally....., who said education was a school based activity? It is supposed to be a partnership between families, schools and society in general.
- If parents do not value education and,
- If parents do not insist children study and learn a bit of discipline and,
- If we live in a society where parents dump their kids in front of trash like the Simpsons and
- The role models we "idolise" can do nothing but kick a bloody ball and,
- Those who lead us are complete pin-heads.... then
WTF do you expect?
I've got a family of my own, all but one are adults and they are in full time employment, strong minded, strong willed, decent men and women... I gave a **** about their futures and put in the hard work...
Glad you caught up!
