I would agree that the education system is broken and corrupt. But I also have a BBA and a STEM degree without ever having to memorize the alphabet so I really don’t see it as that important. I did used to know it well but I don’t think I’ve ever had to recall it much in about 30 years.
Part of the problem is most teachers don’t have an higher education and a lot don’t even have an education degree. They aren’t taught proper pedagogy, they’re just taught to present materials and monitor standardized tests.
From their point of view, they’re doing what they’ve been told is heroic work from underappreciated and underpaid public servants, which is true; but they miss the part where the curriculum they’ve been handed down doesn’t serve the students in learning how to think and solve challenging problems in life, instead leading them down a specific specialization route to be a good little office drones.
We’ve failed teachers as much as students, and there aren’t enough education colleges preparing quality teachers and too many schools hiring unqualified people as teachers.
Depends where you’re from but do you believe that curriculums are geared more towards developing critical thinkers or cogs in a machine? There are societies that have 100% subsidized post-secondary education but in most countries, it’s not feasible for the average kid unless they get a good athletic/academic scholarship or going into a sizeable amount of debt. Schools are businesses at the end of the day.
If you can’t remember the alphabet, your education has failed you big time.
personally i couldnt read the alpahabet backwards, sober or not
This is what they’re hoping you’ll say, “huh? I couldn’t do that even if I WAS sober!”
I would agree that the education system is broken and corrupt. But I also have a BBA and a STEM degree without ever having to memorize the alphabet so I really don’t see it as that important. I did used to know it well but I don’t think I’ve ever had to recall it much in about 30 years.
Can elaborate on how the education system is corrupt? I’m a public school teacher and I would like to get in on the grift.
The grift is professional development meetings and standardized testing. It’s a bit silly to suggest it’s all corrupt though.
Yeah, we could do with less PD and Pearson certainly doesn’t need all of our money, especially in a budget deficit year.
Part of the problem is most teachers don’t have an higher education and a lot don’t even have an education degree. They aren’t taught proper pedagogy, they’re just taught to present materials and monitor standardized tests.
From their point of view, they’re doing what they’ve been told is heroic work from underappreciated and underpaid public servants, which is true; but they miss the part where the curriculum they’ve been handed down doesn’t serve the students in learning how to think and solve challenging problems in life, instead leading them down a specific specialization route to be a good little office drones.
We’ve failed teachers as much as students, and there aren’t enough education colleges preparing quality teachers and too many schools hiring unqualified people as teachers.
I’m sorry, most teachers don’t have higher education? Is that referring to college? I assure you most teachers have been to college.
Depends where you’re from but do you believe that curriculums are geared more towards developing critical thinkers or cogs in a machine? There are societies that have 100% subsidized post-secondary education but in most countries, it’s not feasible for the average kid unless they get a good athletic/academic scholarship or going into a sizeable amount of debt. Schools are businesses at the end of the day.
It sounds like your beef with post-secondary education.