I believe that education shouldn't just be blamed on the schools. Education is a working team of the teachers and parents. Homework should be worked on together, so that the child is getting what they need out of the curriculum. A parent can help supplement that by explaining things in a way they know their child will understand.
Another point to consider: Right now I'm currently enrolled in a private university, studying to get my bachelor's in Environmental Biology. I was going to be a Biology teacher for high school, but my adviser sat me down and explained to me why I shouldn't do that. He talked to me about the state that the public school system is in now, and how difficult it would be for me to not only get established, but in a good district as well. (Not to mention all the extra classes I would have had to take...)
So basically, these students getting their degree in education are spending thousands and thousands of dollars on a small slip of paper that says that they are qualified to teach, and then they don't hardly get anything out of it once they start teaching. Sure, experience is great, but paying back student loans from college is really friggin difficult.
Now to address some of the topic creator's concerns. Yes! Schools do need more money. It is proven that more technology and better learning material in the classrooms will help boost scores. One of the schools I used to go to went through an amazing change right in front of my eyes. Our principal had been fired because he couldn't do his job right, and a new one came into office. Our new principal was able to get multiple grants from the government to get more books in the classrooms, new computer labs, and a slue of other things. The scores literally sky rocketed from being the worst school in the county, to much higher.
At my college there is a 14:1 professor to student ratio. This is about the same as your Spanish teacher to student ratio. I can tell you right now, that this is actually much much better than cramming 30 kids into a classroom with one teacher. It gives students who might not normally speak up a moment to shine. You get that one on one with the teachers that makes all the difference.
Is it normal that is pisses me off that schools waste money?
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I believe that education shouldn't just be blamed on the schools. Education is a working team of the teachers and parents. Homework should be worked on together, so that the child is getting what they need out of the curriculum. A parent can help supplement that by explaining things in a way they know their child will understand.
Another point to consider: Right now I'm currently enrolled in a private university, studying to get my bachelor's in Environmental Biology. I was going to be a Biology teacher for high school, but my adviser sat me down and explained to me why I shouldn't do that. He talked to me about the state that the public school system is in now, and how difficult it would be for me to not only get established, but in a good district as well. (Not to mention all the extra classes I would have had to take...)
So basically, these students getting their degree in education are spending thousands and thousands of dollars on a small slip of paper that says that they are qualified to teach, and then they don't hardly get anything out of it once they start teaching. Sure, experience is great, but paying back student loans from college is really friggin difficult.
Now to address some of the topic creator's concerns. Yes! Schools do need more money. It is proven that more technology and better learning material in the classrooms will help boost scores. One of the schools I used to go to went through an amazing change right in front of my eyes. Our principal had been fired because he couldn't do his job right, and a new one came into office. Our new principal was able to get multiple grants from the government to get more books in the classrooms, new computer labs, and a slue of other things. The scores literally sky rocketed from being the worst school in the county, to much higher.
At my college there is a 14:1 professor to student ratio. This is about the same as your Spanish teacher to student ratio. I can tell you right now, that this is actually much much better than cramming 30 kids into a classroom with one teacher. It gives students who might not normally speak up a moment to shine. You get that one on one with the teachers that makes all the difference.