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RE: Daily Dose of Sultnpapper 08/21/18> A new school year and … the end of a career.
Congratulations to your Brother on his retirement
I to could never be a teacher and I think your brother must have seen so many changes in the education system and sadly for the most part not for the better.
I think it was so different when we went to school, the parents in a lot of ways supported the teachers and proper behaviour of kids, it seems to me kids these days have a sense of entitlement and expect to just get a pass for attending school and not paying attention or putting any effort in
Kids now days will only put out what is demanded of them, if that. The big problem with that situation is that parents no longer try to parent and are more interested in being the kids "friend", and most friends don't demand anything of each other for fear of losing a friend.
If the parents won't demand their kids do something how can we expect that a school would be allowed to demand they do something? We can't, and plenty of parents will go up to the schools and defend their kid not doing anything if the school calls the kid out for lack of effort.
Now it isn't about education any more, it is all about money. Having kids butts in the seats everyday means the school district will get federal money for each kid each day, and schools like having money to spend on things like sports fields. We have high school sports stadiums here in Texas that cost in excess of $70 million dollars for one football field.
@sultnpapper thats all so crazy times sure have changed and for the worst