I heard a few things today.
None of them were great.
Welcome to teacher inservice days.
How can students care about learning where a comma goes or why Algebra 3 is relevant to their lives, if they're tired or hungry or sad or distracted and already don't care about school?
High school students face hundreds of problems, every day: Parents, siblings, substance abuse, domestic abuse, mental health issues, racism, sexism, homophobia, ignorance, bullying, entitlement, apathy.
The structure of high school boils down to this: bells, every 50 minutes. So incredibly annoying. Students and teachers treated like cattle. Teachers encouraged to treat students like little idiots. They can't go to the bathroom without permission and require a pass to be in the hallway, but they are expected to act like adults. It's all double-speak. High school is very much about control, both bodily and intellectually.
Even being a teacher is often a pain in the ass, even though I know it was my calling, Teaching is a TRAP. I can't quit, because I can't afford to. I will have nothing, and I will lose what I already have. I'm exhausted and tapped. There are three AP English teachers at my school, and I have literally NO idea what they teach, because the school 'assumes' the 'upper level' teachers and students don't need help or a supportive community. They are WRONG.
The education system needs to be fundamentally changed. Get students out sooner. Have more independent studies and online courses of substance for upperclassmen, so they know how to manage their time in college or in the work force. High school - in the 'old-fashioned' way - is a joke.
Colleges are essentially just like corporate medicine or big pharma. They only care about profit, and high schools are feeding their students to these greedy, corporate institutions. (Embarrassing.)
We HAVE to find a better way for our country.
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