Besides flaws in supposed more modern methods of teaching (personally I fucking hate rote memorization, it is boring), too many distractions aka entertainment options more than ever. Especially on mobile devices.
And then you have the looming gap between the haves and the have-nots, and the have-nots are being taken advantage of by not opposing the system that’s oppressing them, such as deliberately making them unlearned.
Only fanatical bookworms do visit book fairs and defend public libraries from being dismantled.
Yeah the rote memorization and ‘teach the test’ has to go. Roll curriculum back to what it was pre No Child Left Behind. Especially the brain dead policy of never holding kids back a grade no matter what. It’s just rubber stamping the kid for next year and eventually they get so far behind they’ve got no chance.
Besides flaws in supposed more modern methods of teaching (personally I fucking hate rote memorization, it is boring), too many distractions aka entertainment options more than ever. Especially on mobile devices.
And then you have the looming gap between the haves and the have-nots, and the have-nots are being taken advantage of by not opposing the system that’s oppressing them, such as deliberately making them unlearned.
Only fanatical bookworms do visit book fairs and defend public libraries from being dismantled.
Yeah the rote memorization and ‘teach the test’ has to go. Roll curriculum back to what it was pre No Child Left Behind. Especially the brain dead policy of never holding kids back a grade no matter what. It’s just rubber stamping the kid for next year and eventually they get so far behind they’ve got no chance.