Dr.Traveler
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you go to private school 57Frank?
I went to public school; we had summer reading and kids got left back and had to repeat the grade they failed
I studied Dante, in 7th grade. In public school, in the Bronx.
Different times.
Unfortunately, I agree with you here. Where I went to public school I had a math Ph'D teaching Calculus and my classes had some fairly high standards. And I was in a fairly rural middle of no where school.
I'm looking at the local public schools and they're practically an advertisement for Private School. I'm saving up now because I don't even see it as a possibility that my son would get an education anywhere near the quality he'll need at the public schools.
That needs to change quickly. However, I do not know how to do that. Part of the problem is the parents. I know several teachers that carry malpractice insurance because of the possibility of lawsuits from parents over a student's grade. When parents will sue you for handing out a (well deserved) bad grade and the administration will fire you for an increased DWF rate, how is a teacher supposed to stay strong?
I had a 6th grade math teacher that was a real $!+c# when it came to minutia of details. She'd routinely hand out failing grades to a fairly high percentage of kids. However, it was well known that if you did pass her class, you'd kick tail for the rest of your student career because passing her class meant you'd learned to work hard and pay attention to details. She may be one of the best teachers I ever had. She'd be fired in a heart beat today and sued into bankruptcy by parents.
So what's the solution here?