After 30 yrs. of being out of the business, I decided to try substitute teaching to supplement my retirement. Folks, it’s worse than you think out there. Kids are told to stay away from rote memorization. Instead of just knowing the answer to addition and subtraction they have to make some grid that I don’t even understand. Instead of teaching competition and grade achievement they are told to give “affirmative” notes to each other. It’s no wonder we have a generation of snowflakes. If they disrupt the classroom they go down to a special office and “discuss” their oppositional defiance syndrome.
“oppositional defiance syndrome”
OMG.