If I had the inclination or the time I have no doubt I could turn my entire blog into a rant on the state of education in America. But for now I shall simply say that having recently begun volunteering in my old high school I have come to realize that Teachers. Are. Amazing.
With the amount of pressure and pay-freezing and red tape and paperwork and busywork and "measurable objectives" and parental harassment and student apathy that they have to put up with, it is a wonder they keep showing up to work at all.
Enough with teaching to the lowest common denominator, say I. If a student can't be bothered to show up, do the work, pay attention, and respect themselves, their peers, and their teachers, I have only this to say: Flunk 'em.
