Re: Money and the environment
I have to reply. We are off subject! But, here is my two cents. I have shopped schools and am disgusted by what I see. There is no teaching and our children are not up to par. The compliants are not real when you are concerned about academics. School is not fun, it is a place of learning. The environment for the learning can be comfortable. I paid private schooling and had my daughter tested on 3 achievement tests and she did poorly. I was appalled. I had to pay Sylvan Learning Center >500 dollars a month to get her up to par. I expect more. I demand more. I am paying for this. You come to the hospital, you do not expect me to say I am not having fun, you do not expect me to have fun, you expect me to make you comfortable in your healing process. You expect me to be on the ball so I do not miss a change in your status. The problem is the schools may be filled with overgrown children who think school is about band, art, gym, sports. It is not. It is a place to learn math, reading (WITH comprehension please), science, social studies - the skills needed to live in the world and obtain good paying jobs. I am sorry for any educators with hurt feelings, but you do have a job to do - as I tell my family - life is not a dress rehersal. We are in serious trouble because we compete globally, not just locally. I tutor my daughter and am seriously considering pulling her from school. If I have to do the teachers job, then I guess the teacher should not get the salary and those fanatastic benefits. Oh, my daughter is doing very well - because WE EXPECT IT, WE TEACH IT. She grasps information quickly. I'm sorry, I am just tired of the WRONG complaints. Bless those who take food and clothes to those who do not have. As a teacher you are a mentor, a guide, a role model. I realise there are those in the class who are disruptive, etc. That is an issue that should be dealt with. Get the social workers out of the schools - thats when they started going down! Expel the children who do not want to participate and put them in "special schools". Or do what they do overseas: Take a standardized test, if no pass - go to work; if pass, continue in school. No sense paying for those who don't care.
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