Americans hate the idea of paying money for someone else. Especially if that person is an “other.”
This means we can’t have anything nice because it might benefit someone that someone else hates.
There is a cruel and crude portion of this population that hates anything that might help the public at large. Public transportation, state run healthcare, the post office.
For many wealthy Americans spending $100 for every $1 of avoided taxes is worth it.
Now this would all be irrational and stupid if that $1 in taxes provided an equivalent service. So they have to break those systems or just plain make shit up.
I was educated in public schools in America, it was fine. I went to state university and obtained two degrees. Contrary to popular belief they taught us plenty. I had many bright and dedicated educators explain the world around me and make me fall in love with scholastic pursuits. Caring and driven public servants paid a pittance but still excited to share their time and talents with kids figuring out the world.
Whether it was an English teacher who decided he cared enough to run the academic decathlon team, or my calculus teacher senior year who made me fall in love with the beauty of mathematics.
The person I am is indelibly linked to the public school system. As a poor kid growing up in a poor neighborhood, education was a way up. And the wealthy in this nation can’t stand that. Success is for their kids going to expensive private school.
Not sure when you graduated but this is definitely not the average experience.
No one is saying it’s the teachers’ fault, it’s not. The system is designed to teach to tests (which doesn’t work for most and doesn’t work in the real world either). It teaches zero critical thinking, that’s the main issue. I was a product of a “great” public school and struggled. Wouldn’t have passed without being able to get tutoring after school.
My kids are now going to classical school and they’re WAY ahead of their peers. My 16 yr old isn’t special mentally but he is at least at the college senior level, if not higher in things like philosophy and mechanics. This is true of their classically taught peers as well. They all excel.
Americans hate the idea of paying money for someone else. Especially if that person is an “other.”
This means we can’t have anything nice because it might benefit someone that someone else hates.
There is a cruel and crude portion of this population that hates anything that might help the public at large. Public transportation, state run healthcare, the post office.
For many wealthy Americans spending $100 for every $1 of avoided taxes is worth it.
Now this would all be irrational and stupid if that $1 in taxes provided an equivalent service. So they have to break those systems or just plain make shit up.
I was educated in public schools in America, it was fine. I went to state university and obtained two degrees. Contrary to popular belief they taught us plenty. I had many bright and dedicated educators explain the world around me and make me fall in love with scholastic pursuits. Caring and driven public servants paid a pittance but still excited to share their time and talents with kids figuring out the world.
Whether it was an English teacher who decided he cared enough to run the academic decathlon team, or my calculus teacher senior year who made me fall in love with the beauty of mathematics.
The person I am is indelibly linked to the public school system. As a poor kid growing up in a poor neighborhood, education was a way up. And the wealthy in this nation can’t stand that. Success is for their kids going to expensive private school.
Not sure when you graduated but this is definitely not the average experience.
No one is saying it’s the teachers’ fault, it’s not. The system is designed to teach to tests (which doesn’t work for most and doesn’t work in the real world either). It teaches zero critical thinking, that’s the main issue. I was a product of a “great” public school and struggled. Wouldn’t have passed without being able to get tutoring after school.
My kids are now going to classical school and they’re WAY ahead of their peers. My 16 yr old isn’t special mentally but he is at least at the college senior level, if not higher in things like philosophy and mechanics. This is true of their classically taught peers as well. They all excel.