Re: the sad impending reality of american education Archived Message
Posted by Liberal on March 2, 2011, 10:21 pm, in reply to "Re: the sad impending reality of american education "
It's the parents and an outdated school system that is in dire need of reform. YES! it is true... but in order to reform the system - we need more money. why? it is simple - if you pay teachers a 6-figure salary, then you would attract the most intelligent of the benevolent...and the quality of teachers would increase. it would be easy to reform education at the higher education (university) level by requiring years of experience in a given trade or school of thought before one could teach it. for example - getting a degree in math will not alone cut it - you would need a degree in math and 2 years experience in a math related field. i know we are already short a couple hundred thousand math teachers already - but if we paid them a comparible wage to what they would make in the private sector it would be more of a calling than a career. just some random thoughts... in my opinion - a cirriculum should constantly shift and morph into what the students want to explore. for education to be as vast and encompassing as it should be, it would require small (5-10 students) class sizes and the funds to pay for in-depth exploration into a variety of subjects... for example studying the french language and cuisine and culture - for a semester - would cost alot of money to the school or the parents if not both - but would allow the student to explore in a constructive and forward-thinking way than simply learning basic french. these ideas are not my own - simply a modification of john dewey's thoughts of education...but the moral is... such an education would require the type of financial commitment we seem only willing to make to our military. thus why i loathe our bloated military budget above all else.
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- the sad impending reality of american education - Liberal March 2, 2011, 8:19 am
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