Originally Posted by Boomer
(Post 1676672)
wow I see the teacher-bashers are out in force. (I really need to stop starting my day by looking at TOTV.)
(I cannot get caught up in this thread. I cannot get caught up in this thread. I cannot get caught up in this thread.)
To whoever it was who said they taught as an adjunct at a college and how easy it was: Sure, it was easy. The students all wanted to be there or knew they needed to pass the class. (I bet they were all well-fed and clean and cared for, too.) They were there by choice. Adjunct is not a good comparison to teaching in a public high school.
I don’t think it is much of a stretch to look at public ed, hear the bashing, and to suspect there are those who dream of the day when kids stay home in front of screens: No faculty. No buildings. No buses. Cheap, huh? Just a talking head on a screen.
I, personally, am alarmed at the time even the youngest kids spend with their screens.(The infinitely patient babysitter that parents are too eager to hand over.) Human interaction, socialization, manners, and language development are already suffering.
Look around sometime at a young family out to dinner. You often see everybody staring at their personal device. Parents included. Very little interaction with those they love best, and yet, their individual screens pull them away from precious time together. I have seen it too many times. Screen addiction is taking its toll on our society. Therefore, it is not a big leap to imagine kids isolated with only their screens to be the public education of the future. (I guess that would happy up the teacher-bashers, those who believe in keepin’ teachers down, whether it is because it might cost them a few extra bucks or because they just need somebody to kick around or they just like to pontificate, no matter how ill-informed they may be. Who knows and why am I wasting my time bothering with this thread? Damn.)
(Geesh. For somebody trying to not get caught in a thread, I sure seem to be.. Actually, I prefer to debate in-person, but here we are, behind our screens. Ironic.)
If you are still reading this, may I leave you with another of my thoughts: I believe that funding public ed with property taxes by district has caused an insidious building of our own version of a caste system in this country.
(Well, even though I could write volumes on the topic of teachers, I am going to leave this screen now to go hang out with people I can actually see. Retired teachers among them.)
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