Re: OT Tech Nations

Posted by chvet73 on March 10, 2005 at 08:14:19 from (163.150.137.68):

In Reply to: OT Tech Nations posted by dr.sportster on March 10, 2005 at 05:52:38:

It's too bad that most of you have no clue what is going on in education. As a 30+ year shop teacher I can tell you that most of you are so far from reality it's not even funny.
The single largest problem is support from home. Today's parents have no clue what their children are doing. At my school we send out 8 grade reports a year. Most parents response when you call them about their child is that they didn't know their child was failing and why didn't we let them know sooner. It's amazing that when you talk to parents you can tell that 'the apple didn't fall to far from the tree'.
In the areas that I teach, we used to have 5 shops per school now we have 3 or less. The attitude is that every child is going to college and should be prepared for it. The truth is that only a small percentage enroll and few graduate. We are not training our kids for their future.
Bush's No Child Left Behind is a joke. It solves nothing. And to top it off the program is not funded to meet it's own mandates.
As to teachers being overpaid, I don't know where you got that stat, but you better check again. In my area police and fireman make more than I do. They get to retire at full pay after 20 years. We can't even think about retirement until after 30 years. Yet I have to have two degrees, which I paid for myself and have continue to be educated throughout my career. Comprable education to mine in industry would bring me a salary far greater than mine is.
Before you speak on education and the NEA, of which I am a member, check the facts. I would bet that all of you complaining in here have no real clue what it's like to babysit your children every day.
Take an active interest in your child's school life and you'll be in for a rude awakining.
Sorry for the long rant but I haven't seen one person in this topic who has a clue what is really happening in education.
You know despite it all I still enjoy going to work and seeing kids succeed everyday.

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