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Originally Posted by Head416
A friend of mine teaches junior high and deals with this ridiculous mentality constantly. He tries to water down the material to their level, and they still fail. Then the parents blame him for making it too hard. Then the administration tells him more kids need to be getting passing grades.
He tries to teach, they don't listen, they don't care. He gives them a copy of the test as a 'study guide', gives them all the answers, then has them take the exact same test. Most fail. Some are so unmotivated they get scores in the teens on open book tests!
They're insubordinate, but niether the administration nor the parents back him up. We need to just kick these kids out of school and stop wasting money on them.
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I spoke with an educator about this subject, and he indicated that early efforts paid the largest dividends (head start), and that identifying "at risk" children and enrolling them in such a program would get the best results for $ invested. I suggested a program for the children's parents be mandatory to qualify for that program, and he indicated that could work very well.
I wonder about a multi-tiered education system, maybe 3 systems. As children fail academically, they be transferred to a more regimented system, top tier a standard academic setting, second tier: uniforms, stricter discipline, less academic and extra-curricular options, third tier: last step from the penal system.
The educator I spoke with said that if parents were willing to put in the effort to help their kids, all the kids could be educated, except the drug users