Originally Posted by
morsdraconis
It's the whole "no child left behind" bullshit that is the root of the issue, in my opinion. By constantly pushing these kids along instead of holding them back, the teachers are running into issues of dumb ass kids getting pushed through several grades with D-'s only to fail miserably at the standardized tests for their grade level because they haven't learned anything for the past 4 years because they don't have to to continue to progress in school.
Because we constantly preach all this bullshit about "You're special. You can do anything you set your mind to." Blah blah blah, these kids aren't CHALLENGED. I never once felt challenged in high school besides when I took Calculus in 12th grade and, because of the way the teacher had the class setup, 10th grade Social Studies (the only reason why that class was challenging was because the tests were essay based so you actually had to know what the fuck you were talkin' about instead of just doing mindless multiple choice questions and other bullshit that's been developed to make it easier for dumb ass kids to float along without actually learning anything). Besides those two classes, I never once felt challenged to learn anything. And I, for 95% of the classes I took, got A's and B's for grades without even really trying.
High school was bullshit when I was in it (10 years ago) so I can only imagine how much worse it's gotten since then. Teachers are just as much to blame as parents. Parents don't seem to give a flying fuck about the education of their children. Why? Because they're just as fuckin' stupid as their kids.
Long story short, this world is fucked.
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