2006-09-20 03:12:57 · 16 answers · asked by Akshay 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
They've stopped teaching kids how to read and write. Look around this forum. It's pretty pathetic. Even with a built-in spell checker. Compared to the education system in countries like Japan, we're lagging. Either the teachers and educators don't care or the kids don't care or both. As a nation we're getting complacent and nothing good will ever come of that.
2006-09-20 03:20:26 · answer #1 · answered by The Baron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the most concerning thing is we spend billions of dollars on war and only a fraction of that on education. If more money was being spent on our childrens educaiton our children wouldn't be so far behind compared to some other countries. I think the standerdized testing has come up because we are behind other countries. Here where I live they have also cut a lot of special ed funding do to school funding being cut. If we don't educate these children right, we will not have the people we need to run our country later.
2006-09-20 10:25:48 · answer #2 · answered by erinjl123456 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a mom I can say that my children have had many questions about schoolwork. I tell them to ask their teacher for help. They say that the teachers won't help. They don't offer tutoring anymore,the teachers don't offer help before or after school like they did when I needed help. It is really hard on us as parents to know that these so called teachers are too busy to teach! I thought part of their job was to do the best they can to make sure the kids understand what they're doing & how to do it.? Guess I was wrong. I have dealt with this problem for 4 years & 2 different schools,lots of different teachers. Thankfully now I have my kids in a school with teachers who actually do their job. Don't think I'll be moving from here-at least not until all my kids have graduated!
2006-09-20 14:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact that we are teaching to test. Kids who do well at testing succeed, those who don't are being left behind. The tests do not take into account different abilities, learning styles, interests, etc. My sister is a teacher and for weeks at a time they will put aside the curriculum so the kids can practice what they will be doing on upcoming tests. That's completely ridiculous, in my opinion. Another problem is lack of funding for some schools. There are kids going to school in run-down buildings, kids who literally have to sit on the floor because there are not enough desks. How can we expect them to succeed when the message they are receiving is that they aren't even important enough to have nice buildings, up-to-date supplies, and a safe environment? The problems I've mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg.
2006-09-20 10:37:30 · answer #4 · answered by nimo22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly I think it's very concerning that they are not teaching kids real world stuff. Half the things I learned in high school (I only graduated this May) was stored till I needed it and after that it doesn't matter. When are you ever going to need to know how to angle bisectors and perpendiculars in a quadrilateral, unless your an engineer or an architect. The things they need to learn like how to read, write, say their name, letters, colors, etc and basic math are all they really need to know. They also need, espically where I live (Oklahoma) better sex education. I think we had one talk in eigth grade about sex and one in fifth grade about our periods.
2006-09-24 03:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, it's the lack of motivation both from society and the children themselves. A great example is the net itself, namely chatrooms. Go into any chatroom that doesn't have a specific topic, talk about something intelligent that's revelant to everyone there, you'll be told to shut up because you're boring everyone. If we adults feel that knowledge is boring, what chance have our kids got.
2006-09-20 10:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by bobzyoda@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Todays concern would be to concentrate on one subject the person likes to pursue rather than filling 6-8 subjects into his/her head which would no way help in his or her future.
2006-09-20 10:25:44 · answer #7 · answered by Gowtham B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inflexibility. Everyone is forced to learn the same things in exactly the same way. Makes learning as painful as possible.
2006-09-20 10:22:11 · answer #8 · answered by Jabberwock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact that public school exists. This country, when founded, began Christian schools. That is what this country was founded on. Public schools will never succeed in this country without God.
2006-09-20 10:39:19 · answer #9 · answered by mac_user 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fact that we keep pouring money into the schools and it never changes anything. teachers unions. teachers personal views they try to instill in our children instead of teaching the lessons. parents who don't care and think school is a baby sitting service
2006-09-20 10:18:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋