I chatted with two public highschool teachers at Thanksgiving dinner. They are two very liberal ladies that sounded like they have been red-pilled on this subject. "I have always supported public education but ..." They are both beyond saddened by the state of their "collapsing" school systems, and do not recommend that any parent send their kids there who can afford private school.
They say that teachers are being treated so badly by the administration, and that the students are so out of control due to no consequences for anything, that teachers are quitting in large numbers, causing the remaining teachers to have much bigger classes. Then those overwhelmed teachers are quiting, and that is snowballing.
They say the kids learned next to nothing during remote teaching and are now years behind, and so poorly socialized to the classroom that they disrupt it continually, but cannot be stopped or removed. They both once took a lot of pride in their work but feel that their jobs have become about wharehousing kids rather than teaching them.
They let loose with war stories, each one worse than the last.
They're both from the Phoenix area. I can only hope it's particularly bad there.
They say that teachers are being treated so badly by the administration, and that the students are so out of control due to no consequences for anything, that teachers are quitting in large numbers, causing the remaining teachers to have much bigger classes. Then those overwhelmed teachers are quiting, and that is snowballing.
They say the kids learned next to nothing during remote teaching and are now years behind, and so poorly socialized to the classroom that they disrupt it continually, but cannot be stopped or removed. They both once took a lot of pride in their work but feel that their jobs have become about wharehousing kids rather than teaching them.
They let loose with war stories, each one worse than the last.
They're both from the Phoenix area. I can only hope it's particularly bad there.