My own education rant

[Calliope]

"Richelle Votaw" wrote:

<major snippage>

>>>  But here is the problem I have with this system.  All schools are judged on
the same criteria.  <snip> I was showing one of the parents a test their student
failed and explaining how they did not use is/are and was/were correctly on the
page.  The parent was fascinated to learn that there was a rule for using is/are
and was/were.  She had me repeat it three times and was writing it down so she
would remember.  

Me:

Sounds like we teach at the same kind of school.  It's very interesting that the
parents' education and attitude toward school has so much influence on how a
child performs; yet somehow, the teachers always manage to bear the brunt of the
blame.  If I hear one more politician rant on about how our schools are "falling
behind" and blaming it solely on the teachers, I think my head will explode. 
We're doing the best we can; sure there are a few duffers (I like to think that
most teachers are more capable than Quirrel or Lockhart or Hagrid - bless his
heart - for example <grin> and have more respect for their students than Snape -
I try to be a sort of Lupin-McGonagall cross) but most of us are working hard,
and we aren't superheroes.  Just regular people.  *sigh*

Calliope

(Who is surprised that Harry turned out to be a decent student, given that the
Dursleys probably never helped him with his schoolwork at all; and who would
love to have a class full of Hermione's.)

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