[Vinylly]

I was a substitute teacher once for a middle school reading class. I was told to pass out comic book for the kids to read. I was appalled. My mother was a teacher and she had a copy of MacGuffie's Fifth Reader for fifth graders. What they taught then and what they teach now is unbelievable. Not only that but just about every other story was from the Bible and they included Shakespeare and other classic literature.

[yorkiemom]

“What they taught then and what they teach now is unbelievable.”

I couldn’t agree more. I foolishly got a teaching credential. The classes were a joke. A monkey could pass them and it was all liberal indoctrination, no education about actually teaching anything.

When I did my student teaching and very briefly taught, the administrators dumber it down more with low expectations. The ‘good’ teachers were those that didn’t send kids to the office and coached something. Teaching effectiveness was not an issue.

We are last and near last in all of the Trends in International Math and Science tests for good reason. These tests have been given for decades now, but the results are covered up. While schools threaten that they need more and more money!