Education

I have no doubt that there are a lot of great educators out there. I've said that many times - right here on this thread.

As far as roadway fatalities; I never claimed that we eliminated them. Statistically, the fatalities/vehicle and fatalities/mile driven; are consistently reduced. There's a lot of research conducted in the interest of traffic safety. However, there aren't enough financial resources to update every improperly designed guardrail and every unsafe side-slope, and since it takes a lot of maintenance to keep the surfaces smooth; there are frequently temporary work zone hazards. If we eliminated all traffic fatalities; I guess we'd just have to close up shop and stay home. I'm pretty sure I didn't claim they were eliminated; merely reduced/improved. It is trending in the right direction.

The reason I think teachers don't use databases is because in my extensive conversations with them over the last 20 years; they have never demonstrated any knowledge of them. Clearly, you have more experience with databases than the individuals that I have encountered in person. This is consistent with my expectations.

Certainly, my experience doesn't represent everyone, but neither does yours. I think everyone here agrees that there isn't any kind of consistency across school districts, even across schools in the same district. Other educators on this thread have pointed that out.

The teachers whose classrooms I essentially took over for the day were very respectful toward me, and in most cases asked if I could return the next semester when they had a new set of students. I could only go to the classrooms that the highway department assigned; so I never got a chance to return to the same classroom. The educators seemed to appreciate my 'little show and tell'. The teachers frequently told me that they had engineers show up and talk for 5 minutes and then ask the kids if they had any questions. So I'm not surprised that you have such a low opinion of it, but I took it seriously for the reasons that I posted earlier.

I'm kind if surprised that so many educators feel the need to belittle me simply because I reported that I had spent some time in front of small groups of 8th graders.

Perhaps a little less hostility toward folks from other professions might rally more outsiders to help with your cause. Just a suggestion.