Too many parents don’t value education and think that education begins and ends in the confines of the classroom

I just read recently about some educational program being cancelled because parents protested against the idea of having to read with their kids one or two hours a day.

They treat school like it’s just budget daycare and don’t emphasize the value of education early on so kids go to school to play and f*** around and it starts early. Once they develop this mindset in elementary and middle school it’s already over.

That’s why it always been stupid that so much education reform targets high school and tries to diversify classrooms and removed standardized testing. It’s already too late by high school.

Foreigners and 1st gen immigrants gave us the blueprint. Asian and African immigrants emphasize education in their households and their kids succeed despite coming from poverty. Idk why Americans haven’t learned that.

Once you get tenure and you’re 10-15 years in, its a cushy gig in a blue state and city

130-140k a year with a union contract to adjust for inflation, 8-3 with months off, and really no accountability towards your performance.

I’ve seen and had to deal with so many disillusioned/lazy teachers growing up.

The biggest problem in American education (purely education, not talking about socioeconomic issues that also impact it) is the bureaucratic nepotism and poor federal/state oversight.

If you’re a talented and passionate teacher why would you stay in poorly run district for 5+ years? All the good teachers leave for better opportunities. We just end up with useless f***s cruising until they’re tenured and non-accountable towards student outcomes/performance.

In all honesty, change the system to where tenured staff can get fired, raise the base pay to attract better candidates, and have better incentives for teachers to care and you’ll see how quick s*** changes. It won’t fix everything related to socioeconomic inequalities amongst students but it’s a step in the right direction.

don't give up, those kids are our future

I'm telling you as someone that works very very closely with the public these parents aren't parenting idk what's going on.

@op after class is over "good riddance"

Kids be in kindergarten wearing pull ups and don't even know how to wipe themselves.

read this as a news headline, wondering what he suckin

imagine getting bullied from someone 15 years younger than you

Only 23% of first generation college students complete their degrees compared to the national average of 66%. Those again are the ones who even make it to higher education.

As a first generation graduate with a BSc/MS I don’t know how much truth there really is to this narrative. Lot of the time it’s flipped on black Americans to degrade them for lagging behind on education/income statistics. I attribute a lot of my success to factors that go beyond my family’s emphasis on education compared to my American classmate’s parents. I got lucky in many ways and had external help in different forms to help give me a chance to succeed (free mentoring in HS/state subsidy programs like EOP/HEOP).

Lot of those first generation Asian/African parents come from higher income classes back home and/or arrive on H1Bs with advanced education/skills. They come here and while they may at times not be able to match the same level of income or attain the same job as back home, they still bring a lot of social capital/privileges to their kids. Additionally, many have funds/assets overseas they sell off and use to get set up in America.

There’s a specific reason why East Asians, Pakistanis, Indians, Persians, and many Africans quickly outmaneuver their counterpart Hispanic immigrant peers. The pre-migration socioeconomic variables are not the same between these groups. It is extremely competitive and expensive to legally migrate to the United States; the ones who successfully do disproportionately come from privileged backgrounds. Some exceptions make it through the legal process but again it’s the minority.

This is all to say basically, you need to cut poor American households some slack when comparing them to these groups.

Synop a teacher?

Pray for those kids

Language

LMFAO Synop going through it

I rather sell my bussy than this

LMAO

He disappeared when ktt needed him the most

130-140k as a high school teacher is wild

Synopsis is a teacher and here we are wondering why education in the US is so bad. The answer is right there

Isn’t he the mod of this sxn

You wanna be a professor. That's where the money is, that's where the notoriety is that's where the better work life balance is, and you get to f*** hot dumb girls at least once or twice in your career.

You're wasting your life as a teacher.

Shouldn't have been a b****

how do y’all even deal with the politics of it all

yep got no respect for teachers. its like that old saying those who cant do, teach