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Originally Posted by renormalised
That's great to hear that someone in the media actually cares enough to make it known that we're going downhill in terms of our standards of education 
Those sub standard teachers...send those that want to learn back to school themselves, the rest...sack. They're not worth keeping on and they're only doing a disservice to our kids. However, I would be very selective about who I kept and those I sacked. I'd say only 5-10% are worth keeping. |
My attitude is similar to yours.
As harsh as it sounds, I'd go through our teaching stocks with a big broom. Those who are good enough will be retained, the rest given an option to get up to scratch or move on.
In the meantime the pendulum needs to swing back. We need to make the rewards far greater and a career as an educator far more attractive to the right people. Make the teaching profession the respected and highly remunerated profession it once was.
But...the demands will be proportionally higher. You'll need to score a high mark at high school to study teaching. You'll need excellent marks to graduate and become a teacher. The two go hand in hand.
We should never have 'dumbed down' the profession of teaching.
That probably sounds harsh, but it's only going to be a radical approach to the current problem which will solve such endemic failure.