On 7/22/2012 8:19 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 02:13:27 -0400, "
wrote:




The 60s hippies have been in control for some time. What do you expect?


The Vietnam was could be avoided if you were in school to be come a
teacher. Some of those teachers became administrators. The results
of that are showing too.

Let's back up a minute. A lot of the problem is not the teachers. A lot
is parents that think the teachers are baby sitters and surrogate parents.

Many don't teach their kids manners. Many don't demand grades from their
kids. There was a woman on TV who was doing her kids homework so that
the kid could socialize more...

The other part of the problem with schools is the curiculum has been
forced to be fair for everyone. Teach everything that doesn't pertain to
the 3 Rs... The priorities should be what they were long ago.. Reading,
Writting and Arithmetic.. And Sciences, computers, and social studies..
period.

You can blame that on the stupid legislators... Most of whom probably
did poorly in school. Add many stupid requirements in and you have a
curriculum that can't focus enough of what it should..

Then add stupid admins who are looking for big pay days and ... well
theses people are clueless for the most part.