Sadly books are
dying, though sales are up. Every person coming into my store said
the same thing:
1. I don't have time
to read, it takes both of us 3 jobs to feed the kids AND drumroll
please...
2. I'm looking for
Ed books for my kid... she ain't learning in school.
I have never gotten
political on here before so hold onto your hats Ladies and Germs...
let me shed some light on the reasons I refuse to ever work in a
classroom again! And after you have read I think it might be wise if
we all got together and took every last politician … out for a
lovely and restful retreat of 2 fully paid, fun-filled weeks of
electroshock therapy.
1. We no longer
teach history... it's offensive and racist. Let me tell you what
happens when we no longer teach history... the second coming of
Hitler!
2. cursive writing
is no longer required as we own laptops. My daughter graduated 10th
highest in the state of Florida... but can only sign her name.
3. We teach creative
spelling... as long as a teacher can recognize it... it's correct.
(When I was young we called that illiterate!)
4. Who needs to
teach grammar and punctuation when we have these nifty auto-cucumbers
to do it for us? (PS my auto-correct recognized that as a word. Hint,
hint... it can't read!)
5. Don't get me
started on new math and the absence of useful things like phonics...
geography … world cultures … forms of govt … civics etc. Who
needs to know more about our country than China? We don't because
everything's made there anyway!
STOP the dumbing
down! STOP the useless Federal test and let the teachers decide since
you Mr. Govt. are actually not in a classroom... but most of all...
STOP child-proofing education so everyone feels positive about
themselves. There is a world and a work-place out there and I assure
you that neither is child-proofed. Junior is certain to feel great
about himself when he's a migrant-worker forced to work for pennies
and live with Mommy at 50 because he can't fill out a job
application.
Classrooms need to
be competitive and highly difficult. WHY? Because look around you...
the world is!
A proper education
is the only armor you're ever going to be able to give them! That
whole crying jag over failing a spelling test is exactly what forces
the ego to tone-down so we can learn. Ergo, we have 2 choices … we
can correct and teach them properly now OR
We can as tax-payers
wait for the prison system to do it!
That's my side of
it,
Angel
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