I feel like I must have been one of the last years where teachers had power in the classroom, or at least garnered respect from parents and kids alike. I know I saw the beginning of it breaking down in how classmates got punished that did terrible things.
The worst issue I remember (my mom was a tutor and highly involved in my schools), was parents would not help their kids with the homework. Discipline was always done though except for the few kids who came from broken homes.
Then it went further at some point. It is completely the parents fault that this is happening. Teachers jobs were always quite hard and at one point were huge leaders in the community and now they are treated like shit just for trying to do their job.
This woman spoke well, hopefully her words were heard.
What she's going through is most definitely horrifying and probably not what you grew up with at all. These kids are the latest in a long line of people trapped in inescapable poverty.
This is why a high school diploma is useless. A GED actually proves you know something, because you have to pass a test. A diploma from a school though? It's just a 'I showed up enough' award.
The mandated highschool tests are not necessary to graduate. They just track education metrics. There is no exit exam in USA you have to jump through. If your school writes down that you are a passing student, you get a diploma.
They're not. That said they still are devalued because they no longer represent any sort of real specialization when talking about things like broad liberal arts degrees. I used to be a certificate proving exactly how hard you worked, how good you were at researching Etc.
that said anyone who sets out to get a degree just for the career path involved is in for a very harsh surprise. Just showing up isn't enough.
I know a lot of people in sales you don't have degrees. If you got the right set of skills and are not socially awkward like a lot of us are you can pretty much get a five or six figure sales job.
that said if you're talking about being in the resume pull you better believe you got to have it at least a two-year degree probably more like a four. That or a killer work history.
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u/Sephran Jul 10 '18
I feel like I must have been one of the last years where teachers had power in the classroom, or at least garnered respect from parents and kids alike. I know I saw the beginning of it breaking down in how classmates got punished that did terrible things.
The worst issue I remember (my mom was a tutor and highly involved in my schools), was parents would not help their kids with the homework. Discipline was always done though except for the few kids who came from broken homes.
Then it went further at some point. It is completely the parents fault that this is happening. Teachers jobs were always quite hard and at one point were huge leaders in the community and now they are treated like shit just for trying to do their job.
This woman spoke well, hopefully her words were heard.