Anyone who lives in the US and would say this obviously does not know how expensive it is to run a school.
Better pay and better treatment for teachers as well as better classes and better legal protections (i.e. a teacher won't be sued for doing their job and protecting the rest of the class from a child whose parents refuse to see the reality of their child's behavior and not having to work in a building that is poorly maintained), might attract more talent into the public teaching field, just as it does in the field of private education. Believing in teaching and loving children won't change the fact that for many, it is a job that barely puts food on the table.
More teachers and more rooms to teach in would mean smaller class sizes which would mean more personalized attention to each and every student. How can a teacher be expected to be a wonderful educator when they have 1 hour to ensure that 30 children, all from different backgrounds and in different circumstances, are up to par with the state in their academic progress?
Not to mention the environment that they are in in some of these schools - children who were raised on the streets and in broken families who can't imagine a future for themselves that doesn't involve gang-banging, prison and drug abuse. For some of the working conditions that these teachers are expected to endure, all of the talent in the world can't compensate for the fact that they are being paid shit and given shit to work with and expected by society to practically "raise" children who barely have parents at home both physically and mentally.
We cut funding and add responsibilities. Maybe if every parent took an active role in the lives and education of their children as well as their discipline... maybe your argument would be valid but until teachers become teachers again and parents start acting like parents again, cutting teachers is not an option.
Is it normal that is pisses me off that schools waste money?
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Anyone who lives in the US and would say this obviously does not know how expensive it is to run a school.
Better pay and better treatment for teachers as well as better classes and better legal protections (i.e. a teacher won't be sued for doing their job and protecting the rest of the class from a child whose parents refuse to see the reality of their child's behavior and not having to work in a building that is poorly maintained), might attract more talent into the public teaching field, just as it does in the field of private education. Believing in teaching and loving children won't change the fact that for many, it is a job that barely puts food on the table.
More teachers and more rooms to teach in would mean smaller class sizes which would mean more personalized attention to each and every student. How can a teacher be expected to be a wonderful educator when they have 1 hour to ensure that 30 children, all from different backgrounds and in different circumstances, are up to par with the state in their academic progress?
Not to mention the environment that they are in in some of these schools - children who were raised on the streets and in broken families who can't imagine a future for themselves that doesn't involve gang-banging, prison and drug abuse. For some of the working conditions that these teachers are expected to endure, all of the talent in the world can't compensate for the fact that they are being paid shit and given shit to work with and expected by society to practically "raise" children who barely have parents at home both physically and mentally.
We cut funding and add responsibilities. Maybe if every parent took an active role in the lives and education of their children as well as their discipline... maybe your argument would be valid but until teachers become teachers again and parents start acting like parents again, cutting teachers is not an option.