The teachers’ unions have your kids. That’s what matters.
Would you believe it’s been nine years since this story came out? I wonder if the, um “teacher” is still “teaching.” Remember, it’s almost impossible to get a public school teacher fired–no matter how outrageously they cut up.
As icing on the cake, this incident occurred in the Katy school district… in Texas! Red state, Ted Cruz…it doesn’t seem to matter where you are. This is what “educators” do. All over the country. Government has shown no interest in putting a stop to it.
Yeah, it’s astonishing: but the “teacher” got away with it.
And our country is the poorer for it.
When it comes to schools, it really doesn’t matter where they are, or even the type of school – public, private, charter… They all hire teachers from the same pool of university indoctrination.
The only way to get around that is to either homeschool, or find alternative instruction (apprenticeships, private tutors for specific subjects, etc.) that doesn’t use “certified” university schooled teachers.
“Teachers’ colleges” have much to answer for.
I agree. Surviving college these days is going to expose one to severe indoctrination.
It was John Dewey who organized public education where all the same aged children were in the same grade all the way until high school. This way the only authority in the school room was the teacher. Before Dewey it was more of a one schoolhouse type education. That is the beauty of home schooling and charter schools whose students score one to two grades higher than public schools. If public schools are so great, why is it mandatory to attend?
Think “conformity.” It’s the be-all and end-all of public education.
And that is a ridiculous approach. When I was in grade school, I excelled at some subjects, and could easily have gotten much further had I not been forced to work at the pace of others I didn’t excel in every subject, and that is where flexibility came in. Sadly there was little to be found.
Actually “educators” don’t like flexibility. They prefer uniformity–at any cost.
Which is why my public school education took 12 years to give me about 2 years worth of useful learning. What did I really get out of public schooling? Some reading, some math, some history (especially US history) and that was about it. There was barely any practical application. Beyond these basics, probably the most valuable class I ever took was Aviation, basically Private Pilot Ground School. A lot of engineering principles were introduced to me in that class and I have used ALL of it, both in aviation pursuits, and in other technical areas. Once I had the math and a (tiny) bit of physics under my belt, Aviation was perhaps the most valuable use of classroom hours in my entire public school experience.
In my case, the best thing would have been to get me engaged into something where I could apply my math and reading skills into something of interest. When I took more formal aviation training, after getting out of school, it went quite well and I got excellent grades. More importantly, I took useful information from this training, which I was able to apply in other areas of life.
Cookie cutter education doesn’t work for everybody.