If this author is REALLLLY interested in the “economics”, then I urge him to hasten the assimilation of spanish speaking students into the mainstream and stop encouraging the absolute chaos that is our current state of the high- and middle- schools.
“No Child Left Behind”? Would you like to know what that has translated into? The blending of “special-ed” (read: not interested in the schoolwork) in with regular students in most classes. Not only has it slowed down the smarter kids, it has dumbed down the classes to the point where even the teachers suffer from a kind of stultified boredom.
I would dearly love for parents who actually give a damn about their kids education to SEE some of the papers I have graded. The work is elementary level, yet the spelling, grammar and sentence construction is appalling; there is not the slightest grasp of even the simplest concepts and no show of any interest at all. The days of anxiety over a test are completely gone. They don’t CARE if they pass it or not.
Have you seen a public school history textbook recently? It’s packed with history about the imaginary plight of the “native americans”, black history and the offerings of hispanic “heroes”. Any mention of the American Founders is limited to one or two pages, a conglomeration of a few of the most well known and any misstep gets more print than the good they accomplished. “Travesty” doesn’t begin to describe it.
I pray daily for the proliferation of private schools.
I pray daily for the proliferation of private schools.
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I do to.
“I would dearly love for parents who actually give a damn about their kids education to SEE some of the papers I have graded. The work is elementary level, yet the spelling, grammar and sentence construction is appalling; there is not the slightest grasp of even the simplest concepts and no show of any interest at all.”
Ahhh. I think you’re operating from a faulty premise. The education is not the issue for many if not most of the parents; it’s the access to tax-subsidized daycare.
You seem to be an intelligent, concerned teacher. Have you ever considered doing something else, like tutoring?