Reply #48: This isn't about a grudge [View All]

[fujiyama]

against a ninth grade teacher. At the middle school level, many teachers are simply NOT qualified to teach the subjects they teaching. Can you please explain how a gym teacher is qualified to teach science? And, no this wasn't a science teacher teaching gym, which is a different situation. This person had no clue what they were doing.

Our public education system is not very good. I'm sorry. The schools are underfunded. Many of the teachers are way undepaid and therefore could care less. We're spilling millions into technology when kids don't have basic skills in mathematics and reading. Why else would it have such a high turnover rate? Many teachers quit after a few years.

We teach nothing about world history or different cultures. The history taught about our own nation is pathetic to say the least and extremely Eurocentric, and Americentic. It's as though the world didn't exist before the US was formed.

Some tests show otherwise. They claim our students are doing fine. I'm not believing them. Bush claimed that test scores went up in TX after him becoming governor. He made the tests easier. That's why the scores went up. it.

Of course, sometimes it's easier for Americans to simply have their fingers in their ears and say "oh there are some problems but the system's fine".

No, the system is not fine. It's a mess. We can either keep on spiting crap about having the greatest system in the world, or face reality and admit we have problems at the very core. Dubya's a symptom and embodiment of America. In some ways he represents this nation very well. Ignorant, and proud of it.