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Originally Posted by Wavytone
Jeremy in Australia some twit (who was probably barely literate) circa 1975 decided those attending public skools didn’t need to lern spieling or gramer as they wood most likly be tradies.
Only those snotty private schools taught these as no doubt their students would be going to uni to study law or medicine, etc.
A few decades later someone else decided we had to be the "knowledge nation" and decided all had to have tertiary education. The only snag however being by that time, few teachers could actually spell, even fewer knew what a “past participle” is, let alone spot a split infinitive in the wild. And as for apostrophes... clueless.
And now we have a massive shortage of tradies, while those with PhD's in astrophysics are reduced to driving taxis, or worse, Ubers.
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Only partially correct. '75 was about the time Whitlam made the Dole a Living wage, Schools adopted the YANK system for reading called "Whole language" and, all of a sudden, kids were not allowed to "fail" and repeat a year. Discipline and respect for teachers ended. Complete disaster on all counts.
I experienced most of that as a spectator. I have been teaching for the past 20 years. Teachers get paid a crap wage and are under some of the highest stress levels in the country = High burn out, or in my case, TWO heart attacks. I did over 500 hours UNPAID overtime last year alone. PLEASE DON'T EVEN USE THE WORD HOLIDAY around me!
You can blame teachers for this mess if you like but I'd suggest a look at family and governance. A teacher gets 6 minutes 1:1 per student per week, if they are lucky.
- Most education occurs at home. Who sits their kids in front of the idiot box watching "Simpsons" or "Goggle Box" or other amazingly stupid content?
- Government sets policy and has been changing curriculum to match dogma for decades. Each rips down the predecessor as a matter of principle.
- No incentive to study, no study, dumb people. Dumb population = TRUMP, SCOMO, BORIS etc.etc.
Excuse any typo's etc. I am preparing for a class. Oh yeah, I've been teaching with a broken leg for the last 20 weeks... Dedicated D.F.