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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
When Finland sets its standards so high for teachers that only 1 out of 10 qualify - that pretty much GUARANTEES that there will be zero "DUDS" teaching their kids. Admittedly, in the US when I went to school there were mostly average teachers in high school - an example was a head football coach teaching health. One good teacher was teaching Spanish and one "DUD" was teaching Spanish. The Chemistry teacher was good. The Physics and Higher Algebra teachers were both excellent.
From what my wife tells me, the recent public education quality is bad and getting worse in Florida and other states. The US PUBLIC school system is like the base of a pyramid that needs to be strong to support the tip, which could be thought of as advanced A.I. and robotics, which leads to greater US GNP and economic strength.
In order to understand and prevent recessions we need the best and brightest economic students to graduate into jobs like staff members for the FED. Today we have a Taiwanese factory that produces the world's highest-quality CHIPS being built in Phoenix. The factory has one major problem, getting enough US engineers and other workers that meet their high standards. If the US wants to RECESSION-PROOF its economy, it needs to start improving education. US workforce millennials are LAST in math and problem-solving among industrialized countries.
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Thank you for agreeing with the educators assessment. I found high school, many, many years ago, to be an uninspiring educational experience.
The schools at that time were more focused on social activities and sports. What a disappointment with the exception of those few top notch teachers who enlightened and educated those of us who were interested. The pep rallies and “clubs” should have been an after school activity. How sports ever got tied into our educational system is beyond me. I can only imagine the distractions today.
Most of those “square pegs” in round hole students fared very well after high school in the trade occupations; plumbing, electricians, construction supervisors, carpenters and so forth. We need engineers, professionals and evaluation of directional education is necessary since trade occupations are also extremely important.
Our whole educational system needs revamping but I don’t ever see that happening now.