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Originally Posted by Streck-Fu
I've had friends that were teachers and my wife took an IA (Instructor Assistant) position at or boys' elementary school.
We are both pretty shocked at the realities of teaching. There just isn't any time for genuine dedicated instruction and guidance. I can empathize with those teachers that do what they can for the few kids that they can teach. But with school funding tied to a bureaucracy devised testing standard where the the full brunt of responsibility lies with the teacher and none on the student or parents there is little help for them.
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So what is it exactly they are doing?
Until teachers are willing to take on some (not all) of the responsibility for what happens to their students, things will continue on in the same vein. That is why local districts need to enforce teaching standards. Get rid of the teachers that are there simply for a paycheck, and give raises to those that can actually get something out of their students.
I firmly agree that parents are the key to a student's education. But teachers bear some of the responsibilty as well.