I do agree with some of this, particularly the bit about parents needing
to put an effort into educating their kids and not expect the state to
do everything and then when things don't work out, blame the
system/teachers. It's about people not willing to take responsibility
for their offspring and yes this is particularly problematic in poorer
sections of the community. A nasty and simplistic way to say it is,
'stupid/lazy breeds stupid/lazy'.
I don't agree that women's lib has any major influence on current
education issues.
It could be argued that the women lost as excellent educators have been
replaced by women who previously may have not have chosen to enter
higher education and also women pursuing worthwhile careers, inspires
girls to do well in school.
We choose to send our kids to private school, I try not to think about
how much this has and is costing us but we only have one chance of
educating our kids and that is not an area to skimp.
We could be driving a nicer car than a 20+ year old Benz, we could go on
better holidays and have fancier appliances if we sent our kids to the
public system but end of the day we have to choose what is important.
Actually my daughter has just finished school and scored a 90 out of 100
score, would she have done as well in the public system? I don't know
and yes, the quality of the teachers would have been a factor, in the
public system you get a mixed bag of talent, from utterly appalling to
excellent and it only take one crap teacher to stuff up a childs education.
Lastly according to the local stats, more children here are now
completing school, than at any time in history, part of this I suppose
is that there are not as many low skilled jobs available.
Hendrik
who is a proud daddy
On 24/12/13 08:20, Scott Ritchey wrote:
I blame it on women's lib. Back in my day (50s and early 60s) I benefitted
from many superb women teachers in public schools. I suspect most of them
were there (vs running fortune 500 corporations) because education was the
best avenue open to them as dedicated, educated women. But that's only half
of the story. Parents then (mine, at least) insisted their children work in
school and behave. I had nothing to fear from my teachers compared to the
discipline I'd get at home if I misbehaved. Lately, I've heard stories of
parents attacking the school/teacher if the school tried to discipline a
child or give a (deserved) low grade. Kids today (especially certain
minorities) may think it's not cool to do well in school. That was actually
true in my day too, maybe not to the same degree. But parents then made a
difference and most mothers then were home makers. Now, it seems mothers
need to work but mainly so they can afford to buy crap that isn't really
needed. Folks have been brainwashed to believe they and their kids NEED all
kinds of stuff that didn't even exist 50 years ago. In effect, they have
sold themselves to become indentured servants to the economy.
Scott
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