My rant about the school system
Intro: I didn’t want to do this post at first because I already talked
about how I felt about this topic here and there in my other posts. With that said, that doesn’t change the fact that this is a relevant subject and will stay
relevant until the problem is fixed or the plant explodes. Some of what I was
going to say, I was going to save in my overview of the pandemic, but I managed to narrow it down to two issues with the school system. Forgive me if I use the
same talking points as before, but I don’t have time to backtrack everything I’ve
said before.
Schools are supposed to be institutions that educate children on how to become productive and contributing members of society. In reality, it’s a daycare/ prison. The only difference between schools and prison is that no one seems to mind that women sleep with underage boys. Like I said before, just because boys fantasize about that doesn't mean you should indulge them. Instead of educating them about what they need to know, we keep them busy with a bunch of school and homework without knowing if they can comprehend what they learned. I've been to both public and private schools, and I can't tell the difference between the two.
I can understand why teachers are underpaid
because anyone with half a brain can order kids to stay seated until school is over. I
want to ask you something, do you think you can be good at being a cop,
firefighter, kickboxer, and Doctor just by reading? If the answer is no, then what
makes you think kids can make something of themselves just by sitting a
listening? Whoever came up with this system must be arrogant to think this
system will benefit everyone. Seriously, what’s the point of standardized testing
and someone from the school board coming to check up on them if
nothing is changing? (Sidenote: they should show up unannounced.)
We can’t change how schools operate anytime soon because A, it’s doing its job at keeping kids occupied. B we don’t expect anything from kids besides obedience. They can’t drive, vote, work (depending on where you live) go anywhere without their parents knowing, and their brains are under development. Until we stop treating schools like a daycare and kids like they're not human, then we can get somewhere. I'm sorry, parents are complaining about schools, it's just not for the right reason, but I'm getting ahead of myself. With that said, two things need to be done to make schools better.
The first thing is that schools need to be reformed, and to do that, we need money. We all know that the government is not going to prioritize education. I would reconsider that if I were them. Do you think you can run and maintain society if most people's IQs are below 85? Do you think anyone would want to work at school if you're not going to pay top dollar for them? How is teaching its own reward, but not protecting and serving the community? If it were up to me, I would have the school be on a year-round calendar. I was against this idea at first, out of ignorance, I mean, when I thought you get no breaks. That's not the case; how this works is you get 9 weeks of school and three weeks off until summer break.
Doing this would give the kids some relief and possibly boost their morale. Schools should also make knowing the basic laws and conflict resolution part of their curricula. Considering that there are so many videos of people fighting everywhere, do I really have to explain why we need conflict resolution? As far as the basic laws goes I think it's messed up that you can get in trouble for not knowing the law. As for teachers, they need to think outside the box to get students to learn or get the most out of them.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about.
This leads to the second thing that needs to be fixed, which is the boundaries between parents and teachers. Lately, parents have been throwing a fit over their kids learning critical race theory, replacement theory, homosexuality, and removing certain books from schools. Look, I'm not saying that parents shouldn't have a say in their kid's education, but ranting a raving is not the best way to go about things. Teachers should have the right to run their classrooms as they see fit. If you don't like it, then homeschool them. The same thing goes for when your kids are acting up in class; they should be allowed to deal with it as long as they're not cussing them out, giving them bruises, and doing inappropriate things with them.
I'm surprised that teachers are not going on strike for not being able to defend themselves against students. I mean, it's bad enough that teachers get lousy pay, but they shouldn't have to deal with students putting their hands on them. If you don't like the idea of teachers getting into fights with your kids, then you better tell them to keep their hands to themselves and don't get in their face. To be fair, teachers are not innocent; they do things where students want to pound them to the ground. For example, whenever something tragic happens to them, they want sympathy from us, but won't show us the same courtesy when it comes to our homework. I mean they will fail us for not doing our homework despite being a victim of domestic abuse, rape, your house being robbed or set on fire. Most of the teachers I had, I can care less if they get jumped right in front of me.
My point is, Parents created this problem. I mean, you can't show teachers that you don't take pride in being a parent and not expect them to overstep their boundaries. If that's not true, then why do you only show up at school when your child is misbehaving? Why do you let retail workers babysit your kids? If I were running Walmart, Target, BJ's, or GameStop, I would put up a sign that says If you drop your kids off for us to babysit them, we will call child protective services. That will put an end to that problem, but I digress. How do you expect your kids to learn Spanish if you're not willing to learn it? Some examples you're setting. If parents expect teachers to take care of you're kids when they get sick, get them into Harvard, tell you that your kids are cutting class, or risk their lives to protect your kids, then they deserve more respect from you.
As for the issue of kids acting up, of course, they will. What do you expect when you have them seat in class most of the time, not letting them go to the bathroom when they want, and not teaching them subjects that they're interested in? If you are teaching them different things so that they can be well-rounded, that will mean nothing if they don't know how to incorporate this knowledge into their life. Also, they feel like you're wasting their time. I mean, what's the point in becoming a doctor or a lawyer if no one will give you a chance? Let me ask you this do you want a seasoned doctor or lawyer to help you? If the answer is yes, then that's my point. Don't get me started on student debts, I find it insulting that you spend years giving colleges all this money, and it didn't turn me into a Billionaire. How many of you wish you would cut your losses and invest that money in the stock exchange?
That's all I have to say about this subject for now.