Teaching standards are pathetic, the curriculum has nothing to do with learning anything other than how to vilify white people, mutilate your genitals, recycle and shame and shut down anyone who doesn't.

Yes, I went to the Italian iced confectionery shop this evening ... what's your excuse?

The vital ingredient she does not mention is genetics.

Genes can have up to 80% influence on students’ academic performance

https://theconversation.com/genes-can-have-up-to-80-influence-on-students-academic-performance-58052

I went to every parent teacher night to discuss our boys with their teachers. It was a mixed bag with some teachers enthusiastic about their study and some not even knowing who the boys were. Teachers need to be assessed regularly to ensure they are up to scratch. 

Dr E wrote: Teaching standards are pathetic, the curriculum has nothing to do with learning anything other than how to vilify white people, mutilate your genitals, recycle and shame and shut down anyone who doesn't. There is not enough discipline and not enough heterosexual male influence in our education systems at every level. Jane Caro is an insufferable arrogant elitist leftard ... of course she is going to blame anyone BUT the Marxist infiltrated education system ...  The only thing that is causing damage to families is the very same Socialist ideology that this hypocrite peddles, which is the goal of the Marxists! She's full of sh!t.

Tlazolteotl wrote: oneonesit wrote: marble wrote: I went to every parent teacher night to discuss our boys with their teachers. It was a mixed bag with some teachers enthusiastic about their study and some not even knowing who the boys were. Teachers need to be assessed regularly to ensure they are up to scratch.  and give them less holidays! Parent & Teachers nights - ha, ha. The thought of having to do anything past 3pm seemed to be an issue for many that I spoke to - plenty of long faces. Most teachers really have no idea what most folk HAVE to do to make a quid. They live in a bubble for the most part. My only personal experience with teachers this century is living in the same household with one about 5 years ago. She used to leave for work- 30 minute drive- around 7.30 every morning- and get home from work around 7.30 every night, Monday though Thursday- Friday  a bit earlier. She said that working those long hours left term breaks pretty much free. That's a sample size of one so doesn't prove anything one way or another but that's the only direct evidence I have. Last century I often used to see teachers in pubs and RSLs by 4pm.

Term breaks "pretty much free?" Working pretty much 8 til 6 is the norm, not counting weeknights, weekends and holidays - for someone keeping on top of the job to some extent.

Pity that the Union makes it impossible to sack check-in check-out teachers! They should be sacked in a heartbeat.

And yes the original article is true - parents who read to their kids and maybe even discuss a little maths with them each night are as rare as hen's teeth. Parents who do it well are even rarer.

Add that to the short attention spans of over-stimulated kids, quack industry illnesses, dislocated families, staff/parent politics, relativism/ me-ism as a common value system, and a curriculum crowded with lefty indoctrination that changes every 3 years... and you might touch the tip of the iceberg.

"Choosing a school"?
All I'd say is choose one that seems to fit you and your kid. And leave it ASAP if it's not working. So many parents waste time fighting the school or the system instead of just having the balls to change schools. 99% of them are terrible. That's why the most "successful" kids come from an out-of-school tutoring/ homeschooling background (which schools of those students are quick to claim as their success stories. )

Tlazolteotl wrote: oneonesit wrote: marble wrote: I went to every parent teacher night to discuss our boys with their teachers. It was a mixed bag with some teachers enthusiastic about their study and some not even knowing who the boys were. Teachers need to be assessed regularly to ensure they are up to scratch.  and give them less holidays! Parent & Teachers nights - ha, ha. The thought of having to do anything past 3pm seemed to be an issue for many that I spoke to - plenty of long faces. Most teachers really have no idea what most folk HAVE to do to make a quid. They live in a bubble for the most part. My only personal experience with teachers this century is living in the same household with one about 5 years ago. She used to leave for work- 30 minute drive- around 7.30 every morning- and get home from work around 7.30 every night, Monday though Thursday- Friday  a bit earlier. She said that working those long hours left term breaks pretty much free. That's a sample size of one so doesn't prove anything one way or another but that's the only direct evidence I have. Last century I often used to see teachers in pubs and RSLs by 4pm.

I wouldn't be a teacher for all the money you could offer...my sister is one, so is a niece...both work long hours during term and the same in "holidays"...wouldn't have time to go to the pub...the niece copped a "notorious" school and classes filled with disruptive mal-adjusted kids...neither she nor my sister are "lefties"...just your average hard-working masochists...

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