American education is in a sorry state of affairs, and there's enough blame for all participants to have their fair share. They include students who are hostile and alien to the education process, uninterested parents, teachers and administrators who either are incompetent or have been beaten down by the system, and politicians who've become handmaidens for teachers unions. There's another education issue that's neither flattering nor comfortable to confront and talk about. That's the low academic preparation of many teachers. That's an issue that must be confronted and dealt with if we're to improve the quality of education. Let's look at it.
Schools of education, whether graduate or undergraduate, tend to represent the academic slums of most college campuses. They tend to be home to students who have the lowest academic achievement test scores when they enter college, such as SAT scores. They have the lowest scores when they graduate and choose to take postgraduate admissions tests – such as the GRE, the MCAT and the LSAT.
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2 comments:
"Students who are hostel and alien to the education process..." That's hilarious! How exactly did these students come to exemplify said virtues? It wouldn't have anything to do with the public school system would it?The government has bankrupted this country. You expected any less for your children?
It's such an appealing job. Work all day with kids who have no desire to work or behave, you won't be allowed to make them do either but you'd better not send them to the office either, you will spend nights and weekends planning lessons you'll be lucky if the kids let you teach, parents will blame you for whatever the kid does wrong, and society blames you if you can't turn a thug who plans to live off welfare into a solid citizen. Can't understand why everyone doesn't want to do this for thirty years.
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