Reading through these reddit comments is pretty fascinating. They recognize all of the problems but their programming doesn't allow them to find the root causes so they keep spouting about more funding.
Yep, just throw more taxpayer money at the problem. Always works.
Edit: Also there's something just so annoying about the "I'm so sorry this happened, that must be so traumatizing. Internet hugs!" comments. They all have this infantile way of addressing issues.
I hate them with a passion, the only thing that can solve the education system now in the west is either letting it burn down to the ground or doing a moaist style purge I would happily take part in if no one else wanted to do it. I would just flat out eliminate 90% of the staff except the ones people stand up for and care about. You also get rid of the pension scheme and have them paid based on literacy and maths rates as well that stops a lot of the statistical fuckery and quotas going on at these places.
I'd certainly like to think a few of my teachers who were not now retired might fit in with that exceptional 10%. Even a few left leaning teachers I had back then. My HS journalism teacher for instance was a huge proponent of free speech (and not just freedom of the press) and tried to instill a sense of duty in trying to maintain journalistic accuracy and integrity. He loved the constitution, especially the bill of rights. Was not a fan of Communism, but also wasn't a fan of the US' handling of wars like Vietnam. And was also very much against the Patriot Act.
I've often wondered how he handled this bumpy ride over the last few years. I honestly don't think he would've compromised his principles, but man I don't know how he would've been able to process or deal with all of this without nearly losing his mind.
The problem with basing pay on literacy and math rates is that you're basically paying the teachers based on how shitty their school's demographics are. Unless the goal is to just drastically cut wasteful spending by not pouring money into trying to educate sub-humans, which I guess makes sense.
Frankly yes and it's the teachers fault anyway for not making sure the rates are going up. The problem we have right now is that the schools are very much getting their money based on whether or not the students have a pulse and this leads the schools to just fill the seats with whoever or worse they mark them as attending when they haven't shown up for months. Earnest students as well who are just trying to go about their day shouldn't have to be forced to attend these shitholes due to truancy laws, I'd rather see it all turn to dust.
Reading through these reddit comments is pretty fascinating. They recognize all of the problems but their programming doesn't allow them to find the root causes so they keep spouting about more funding.
Yep, just throw more taxpayer money at the problem. Always works.
Edit: Also there's something just so annoying about the "I'm so sorry this happened, that must be so traumatizing. Internet hugs!" comments. They all have this infantile way of addressing issues.
The typical flowery and meaningless NPC response, essentially.
I hate them with a passion, the only thing that can solve the education system now in the west is either letting it burn down to the ground or doing a moaist style purge I would happily take part in if no one else wanted to do it. I would just flat out eliminate 90% of the staff except the ones people stand up for and care about. You also get rid of the pension scheme and have them paid based on literacy and maths rates as well that stops a lot of the statistical fuckery and quotas going on at these places.
Pretty much agreed.
I'd certainly like to think a few of my teachers who were not now retired might fit in with that exceptional 10%. Even a few left leaning teachers I had back then. My HS journalism teacher for instance was a huge proponent of free speech (and not just freedom of the press) and tried to instill a sense of duty in trying to maintain journalistic accuracy and integrity. He loved the constitution, especially the bill of rights. Was not a fan of Communism, but also wasn't a fan of the US' handling of wars like Vietnam. And was also very much against the Patriot Act.
I've often wondered how he handled this bumpy ride over the last few years. I honestly don't think he would've compromised his principles, but man I don't know how he would've been able to process or deal with all of this without nearly losing his mind.
The problem with basing pay on literacy and math rates is that you're basically paying the teachers based on how shitty their school's demographics are. Unless the goal is to just drastically cut wasteful spending by not pouring money into trying to educate sub-humans, which I guess makes sense.
Frankly yes and it's the teachers fault anyway for not making sure the rates are going up. The problem we have right now is that the schools are very much getting their money based on whether or not the students have a pulse and this leads the schools to just fill the seats with whoever or worse they mark them as attending when they haven't shown up for months. Earnest students as well who are just trying to go about their day shouldn't have to be forced to attend these shitholes due to truancy laws, I'd rather see it all turn to dust.