Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>
> One of the problems is the teacher's union. They could get rid of the right
> 5% and never miss them. Every school system has some useless drones;
> unfortunately they usually have to go by seniority and get rid of some good
> teachers too.

I couldn't agree more.


> If
> teachers were allowed to discipline the students it would be a big help too.
> I went to a school with 50 kids in a class and we were made to sit quietly
> and pay attention. How many kids are in a typical classroom today? How
> many have a teacher's assistant too?
>

How many attempts at discipline are stymied by enabling parents?

Tell a kid to turn off his IPod? Mother says he should have the right
to listen.

Tell a kid to turn off his cellphone? Parents defend his "right" to use
it because "There might be an EMERGENCY!!!"

Tell a kind to leave cellphone in his locker? The horror of Columbine
is always invoked to prove the need.
Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

Teacher assistants? They are usually assigned to the "differently
abled" (AKA special ed) students to hold their hands and stop them from
disrupting the entire class. It's a federal law that these kids be
mainstreamed in the "least restrictive environment" and their parents
must agree to the placement.

There are so many things WRONG with education today it's amazing that
anyone learns anything.

gloria p