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RE: The World Went To Hell When We Put Bean Counters In Charge
You are absolutely correct!
As a life long teacher I tend to see things thru educational shaded glasses.
The education system, sadly, has been directly affected by the issues you bring up. We have too many "Educators" who's primary goal is to climb the ladder and make it to Superintendent. These are the same teachers who teach subjects and not students. Then grade them on the stuff that easy to grade but not important rather than grade the hard stuff that is difficult to grade.
Agreed - we're trapped in a vicious cycle of "keeping up appearances" Great teachers inspire and nurture whereas the education "system" processes units. It's all about meeting arbitrary targets that mean nothing rather than giving kids a chance to grow into life choices that they're going to a) enjoy and b) be good at. Here, the bar is set so low for students in order for the school to deliver outcomes on paper.