Looking at the staggering amount of grammatical errors spelling mistakes on Yahoo! Answers, I feel our country's education system has failed everyone here horribly. Anybody else feel the same way?
2007-06-28 17:03:24 · 5 answers · asked by thatstheplan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I would have to disagree with you. I don't think that grammatical error implies that we all had a horrible edcation. Also, let's look at the inverse of your statement. Let's say that there were very little grammatical errors on Yahoo! Answers. Does that mean our country's education system did well to everyone? I don't think so.
Also, when you mean the education system, do you mean public education system? Private schools? Colleges and universities? I'm sure our education system can be reformed in many ways, but in my own case, I don't think my education has thus failed me.
2007-06-28 17:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by Dots 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a teacher, I can say, "Yes". I believe our present education system is failing our students.
I began teaching in 1962. School systems employed teachers from accredited colleges and universities who had been certified by state agencies. Superintendents, school boards, and principals, expected those teachers to be knowledgeable in methods of teaching and in their subject.
Today's graduates, even from the most prestigious colleges and universities specializing in teacher preparation, are subjected to Federal and state testing that questions the integrity of the colleges and universities graduating these teachers!
The Federal Government, along with state accreditation agencies require teachers to be "highly qualified". If those graduating from colleges and universities are not "highly qualified", why are they being graduated?
Today's education system has failed me as a teacher, and failed my students. The "bottom line" is money-- money tied to Federal and state funding. Public schools now offer Spanish, Russian, German, and any other language that a school can receive a grant to teach; but, most students cannot write a complete sentence! Most are not capable of recognizing a simple noun, much less a pronoun,
verb, adverb, or adjective. Conjugating a verb? Forget it!
Most highschool students cannot even read on a "recognized sixth-grade level". Teachers are "encouraged" to "overlook" this inadequacy, allowing their students to "pass" on reading outloud. Much of this "passing" can be attributed to those who do not, or say they do not, speak "English".
Laura Bush may have been one of the best librarians in the United States, but she doesn't know "jack" about classroom teaching!
2007-06-28 17:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It hasn't failed me at all. I have my master's degree from a great school. My entire education took place within the public school system. Of course, I always studied quite a bit. It would be unfair for any student to blame the system if he/she didn't put in the required effort.
2007-06-28 19:34:58 · answer #3 · answered by yakngirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! Sometimes I can hardly figure out what people are trying to say. Those offenders need to stop being lazy and actually bother to fix all the big mistakes.
2007-06-28 17:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by aarond53 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, not for me because I can spell and use correct grammar. But, I think it needs to be more stringent. My Senior year, I may as well have not been there!
2007-06-28 17:13:50 · answer #5 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋