Posted by
This Guy on Friday, December 08, 2006 2:46:09 PM
There is a virtual war going on in our schools today, and our teachers are losing the battle. I support our teachers 100% and if anyone dares question my patriotism, I am proud to say I served in school from age 5 to 18, and then did a four year tour in college, so don't you dare suggest I don't know what I'm talking about. The only way to turn the tide of our younger generation's slide into mediocrity is to pull every single teacher out of the public school system. They simply aren't getting the job done. I completely support our teachers, and you can tell because I want to bring them all home and keep them there.
The state of the public education system in the US is simply
atrocious. Considering the prosperity of our nation, one would think
that our students would be the most well-trained, well-equipped, and
all around smartest in the world. If one were a math student in the
US,
one certainly might think one was good at math, despite evidence to the contrary. Nevertheless, one would be wrong in both cases.
Obviously, most teachers become teachers because they lack the necessary skills and opportunities to pursue more lucrative occupations. You can't tell me that given a choice between a high-paying job and teaching, that anyone would ever choose to be a teacher. I'm supportive of our teachers, but let's do the right thing here and get them out of harm's way.
The only course of action that will ever solve the trouble with our education system is to have students learn to take responsibility for their own education. And in order for them to take their self-education seriously, we need to set a hard deadline for our teacher withdrawal. Knowing that the day of their self-reliance is quickly approaching will motivate our students to learn the skills they will need once our teachers are permanently home.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely support our teachers 150%, and I will vigorously defend anyone who says they aren't great individuals, but it's obvious they don't know what they're doing and they're only making things worse. Let's get them out of those schools.