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| 8. Combination: teachers, parents, government. (In no particular order.) |
| -What is the biggest problem in public education? |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-18-09 09:59 PM |
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Administrators |
XemaSab |
Apr-18-09 10:02 PM |
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That was my exact thought when I saw the subject line of the OP. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Apr-19-09 01:44 AM |
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Stupid administrators |
proud2BlibKansan |
Apr-19-09 10:20 AM |
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3 decades of Reaganism |
omega minimo |
Apr-18-09 10:04 PM |
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The way subjects are fractured from Jr High on |
LearnedHand |
Apr-18-09 10:05 PM |
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I'll add to that and say teachers who are trained in one subject alone |
XemaSab |
Apr-19-09 04:12 AM |
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Consolidation? |
DefenseLawyer |
Apr-18-09 10:06 PM |
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well... |
polysciguy420 |
Apr-18-09 10:07 PM |
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So public education is just a farm team for colleges? |
Goblinmonger |
Apr-19-09 09:56 PM |
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Bad lunches not enough math run-on sentences. |
dem629 |
Apr-18-09 10:07 PM |
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B-b-but, twitter just started! How can U blame it!? n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-18-09 10:11 PM |
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OMG, like...Tweet! Kthxbye and FTS. |
dem629 |
Apr-18-09 10:13 PM |
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Other: The fact that Americans basically despise learning.. |
Fumesucker |
Apr-18-09 10:07 PM |
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it's hard to get past that cultural mindset no matter the resources. nt |
Muttocracy |
Apr-18-09 10:59 PM |
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Yep. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Apr-18-09 11:48 PM |
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You can't blame it on culture. |
anonymous171 |
Apr-18-09 11:53 PM |
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Schools have kids for 180 days/year, 8 hrs/day.. |
Fumesucker |
Apr-19-09 12:51 AM |
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I disagree |
Johonny |
Apr-19-09 01:53 AM |
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My brother's wife is an RN and far from stupid.. |
Fumesucker |
Apr-19-09 02:42 AM |
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Hmm. |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-19-09 05:04 AM |
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"Americans they seem to "know" a lot ...' |
dysfunctional press |
Apr-19-09 07:39 AM |
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You beat me to it |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-19-09 09:39 PM |
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Combination: teachers, parents, government. (In no particular order.) |
BlooInBloo |
Apr-18-09 10:07 PM |
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Agreed ....but, I'd throw in |
etherealtruth |
Apr-19-09 11:52 AM |
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Uninvolved/bad parents. n/t |
Political Tiger |
Apr-18-09 10:13 PM |
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Everything starts in the home, then systems/administrators, teachers, low/lax standards, sports |
patrice |
Apr-18-09 10:14 PM |
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Politicians who know nothing about teaching enacting laws telling |
Catshrink |
Apr-18-09 10:25 PM |
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Bingo! |
proud2BlibKansan |
Apr-19-09 10:22 AM |
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Low pay for teachers. nt |
all.of.me |
Apr-18-09 10:27 PM |
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good |
polysciguy420 |
Apr-18-09 10:37 PM |
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and raising our children...... |
all.of.me |
Apr-18-09 10:43 PM |
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You're insane if you think the pay is too low! |
jamesbolton |
Apr-18-09 11:47 PM |
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You're insane if you think the pay is too high. |
Stellabella |
Apr-19-09 12:04 AM |
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Welcome to DU! |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-19-09 05:46 AM |
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Either your wife isn't doing her job right, |
MadHound |
Apr-19-09 07:22 AM |
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Did you even read my post? |
jamesbolton |
Apr-19-09 08:53 PM |
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So upon further consideration, you're going with the bullshit option, OK, gotcha |
MadHound |
Apr-20-09 06:43 AM |
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You're just completely clueless |
jamesbolton |
Apr-20-09 11:11 PM |
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When teachers are eligible for food stamps, the pay is too high?!? nt |
all.of.me |
Apr-19-09 10:18 AM |
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"Teachers shouldn't make twice what experienced engineers do." |
ulysses |
Apr-19-09 10:25 AM |
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Did you run this by your wife before posting? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Apr-19-09 10:26 AM |
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"happy teachers are so overpaid" |
Fireweed247 |
Apr-19-09 12:54 PM |
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. |
LWolf |
Apr-19-09 02:53 PM |
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+1 n/t |
adamuu |
Apr-19-09 07:30 AM |
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Teacher's pay is equitable to other similarly educated professionals |
etherealtruth |
Apr-19-09 01:13 PM |
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That "study" is very misleading |
lutefisk |
Apr-20-09 01:06 AM |
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Really |
etherealtruth |
Apr-20-09 05:55 PM |
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Proposition 13 |
AndyTiedye |
Apr-18-09 10:43 PM |
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Other: School Board politics and administrative bloat |
ChimpersMcSmirkers |
Apr-18-09 10:49 PM |
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That's a good one. Would you mind expanding on it a bit? n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-18-09 10:55 PM |
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Well, in general I think that school systems are top heavy. |
ChimpersMcSmirkers |
Apr-19-09 11:46 AM |
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Second that. |
tosh |
Apr-19-09 02:05 AM |
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I think it depends on the district. |
nonconformist |
Apr-18-09 10:51 PM |
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"parents that don't care" Could it be that they're also working several jobs? |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-18-09 10:58 PM |
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Perhaps |
Telly Savalas |
Apr-19-09 08:00 AM |
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All the vested interests up and down the line |
notesdev |
Apr-18-09 11:44 PM |
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Not enough discipline and structure. nt |
anonymous171 |
Apr-18-09 11:45 PM |
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Other: grooming children for their future as cogs in the corporate machine |
RadicalTexan |
Apr-18-09 11:48 PM |
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The person who selected 'bad teachers' should be thoroughly ashamed. |
Stellabella |
Apr-19-09 12:03 AM |
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That just means we still have freepers hiding amongst us. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-19-09 04:55 AM |
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Yep. Sigh. |
Stellabella |
Apr-19-09 09:53 AM |
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Subjects are taught in a vacuum. |
RC |
Apr-19-09 12:09 AM |
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Bureaucracy and paperwork. |
Smarmie Doofus |
Apr-19-09 12:12 AM |
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Other- |
asdjrocky |
Apr-19-09 12:14 AM |
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forcing public schools to be prisons waiting room |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Apr-19-09 12:57 AM |
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Lack of a prescribed curriculum |
SPedigrees |
Apr-19-09 01:41 AM |
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Have you heard of the dictionary of Cultural Literacy? |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-19-09 02:34 PM |
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I'll throw out this idea |
Johonny |
Apr-19-09 02:17 AM |
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Graduating with a crushing debt burden is part of it |
XemaSab |
Apr-19-09 04:36 AM |
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I think you've touched on something very important here. |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-19-09 04:54 AM |
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$200/semester, back in a day when the wages being doled out could afford the costs! |
Deja Q |
Apr-19-09 05:43 AM |
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? |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-19-09 04:46 AM |
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I mean the cultural values shifted as the relative value of |
Johonny |
Apr-19-09 11:22 AM |
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The burdens of the parent/child relationship |
The2ndWheel |
Apr-19-09 02:35 AM |
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I'd start with "no child left behind" |
buzzycrumbhunger |
Apr-19-09 03:03 AM |
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The testing is ruining education. |
roody |
Apr-19-09 10:33 AM |
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If profits are the prime motivation, then we have lost our way as a culture. |
Deja Q |
Apr-19-09 05:41 AM |
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teaching to standardized tests... |
w8liftinglady |
Apr-19-09 05:56 AM |
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Parents |
NashVegas |
Apr-19-09 06:01 AM |
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parent involvement |
ebbie15644 |
Apr-19-09 07:33 AM |
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1.parents. 2.parents. 3.parents. 4.parents... |
dysfunctional press |
Apr-19-09 07:36 AM |
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Ever occur to anyone that US students might be the problem with US schools? |
Mr. Hyde |
Apr-19-09 07:41 AM |
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i think the basic problem is the way school is thought of. it's not an investment |
ejpoeta |
Apr-19-09 07:48 AM |
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Seems to me the quesiton has 2 problems |
ThomWV |
Apr-19-09 07:50 AM |
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Parents that don't care. |
scrinmaster |
Apr-19-09 10:20 AM |
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Local funding through property taxes. |
rucky |
Apr-19-09 10:21 AM |
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FCAT ...it jukes the system. |
L0oniX |
Apr-19-09 10:24 AM |
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Funding |
proud2BlibKansan |
Apr-19-09 10:33 AM |
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Proven methods of the past |
Enthusiast |
Apr-19-09 11:13 AM |
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TV |
Fireweed247 |
Apr-19-09 12:35 PM |
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this is all by design |
Fireweed247 |
Apr-19-09 01:00 PM |
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Other: |
LWolf |
Apr-19-09 01:58 PM |
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We strive towards mediocrity |
Coffee and Cake |
Apr-19-09 09:08 PM |
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It starts with intent and/or methods |
TheKentuckian |
Apr-19-09 09:53 PM |
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thinking Learning should be fun or rewarded in a material way |
JI7 |
Apr-19-09 10:02 PM |
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Catering to the lowest common denominator... |
Jack_DeLeon |
Apr-20-09 12:14 AM |
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