General Discussion

Well I can paraphrase it anyway. He said that our education system began to fail when we started emphasizing grades over learning. Students stopped being curious about the subject matter, and only were concerned with getting the “A”. They could care less about the content. Therefore they didn’t “learn” it, they got “through” it. It also coincided with teachers’ evaluations being based on the results on test scores. Do you recall the teachers changing the answers on their students’ standardized test to improve their performance, and therefore their evaluations.

It’s a shame. I taught for 9 years later in life, wanting to help make kids appreciative of all that is around them, that is based on math and science, but very few cared. Add cell phones into the mix, and it’s crazy. I quit at COVID, for many reasons, pay, lack of respect, and it’s VERY hard! I went back to construction, where people thank me and I make A LOT more money. And I use math and science.

There are a lot of very good kids out there, but there are also some that don’t care at all about increasing their knowledge of what school is offering.