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\u201cRote memorization is a better way to learn things like math facts and vocabulary words than whatever the latest trendy method is at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School<\/u><\/a> really only serves one purpose: provide a nurturing environment for students<\/u><\/a> to learn. But that singular task seems to grow more herculean for educators every year. Though many parents are generally aware of the challenges teachers face today, it\u2019s still alarming to hear firsthand the full scope of what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Reddit subforum r\/Teachers, teachers were asked<\/u><\/a> to name \u201csomething in education no one wants to admit, but we all know is true\u201d and, well\u2026there was no shortage of insight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology<\/strong><\/u><\/a> (and the resulting well-documented cognitive decline it causes) was a primary source of exasperation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"teachers,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNobody reads anymore\u2026kids have unlimited use of devices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cScreentime has killed attention spans. Students have horrible handwriting because they never write anything. It\u2019s time to close the laptops and get back to pen and paper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s too much screen time in our schools right now. Technology has its place, but districts have gone all-in on 1:1 and iPads in lower grades because of \u2018keeping up with the Joneses\u2019 and how it looks for PR rather than instructional effectiveness. I see this as the next big battleground with parents. New parents I interact with know of the dangers of screentime, and they hate how their kids are getting inundated with it in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCellphones are the single largest impediment to childhood development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A school system in which students are no longer allowed to fail (and therefore actually learn from those failures) was also a recurring theme. Combine that with state testing in grades as early as Pre-K.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fact that teachers are often held more responsible for students failing than the students is ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to let kids fail and not graduate without punishing schools for several years to do a hard reset on our education system. The social pressure of failing works. We just have to hold the standard from K-12.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAllowing one student to ruin the learning of an entire class should never be allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many warned that, despite certain statistics reporting suspension and other forms of punishment were going down, bad behavior is still very prevalent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"teachers,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdministrators care much more about keeping parents happy than they do about supporting teachers or keeping disruptive kids out of classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot allowing kids to have consequences is going to lead to a generational crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust because suspensions are down doesn\u2019t mean behaviors have improved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was at a school where they said at a staff meeting as a \u2018celebration\u2019 that office referrals were down. A teacher who DNGAF proceeded to respond, \u2018Well yes, because you took away the online referral form and it took you three weeks to give us a new paper form.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKids who continue to disrupt classrooms should be expelled, leaving only the kids who want to learn. Kids have a right to an education until they disrupt other kids\u2019 ability to receive it. Throwing out the bottom 10 percent of problem behaviors would almost certainly increase the speed at which material can be covered, resulting in those kids getting wider and deeper opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many could not hold back their frustration with the lack of support not only from the school system, but from parents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"teachers,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are lying to the parents and community. We are producing illiterates by the bushel, and no one is addressing the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome parents seem to think kids magically learn things as they age. This issue goes hand in hand with all the kindergartens still not potty trained or the preschoolers who can barely talk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple called out the not-so-obvious ways the education system is being exploited for capital gain.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA few years in a classroom isn\u2019t enough to become an administrator. There should be a minimum of 10 years in a classroom before you\u2019re allowed to become even an assistant principal, let alone more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe real money in education is selling programs to schools. There is an entire parasitic class of grifters, \u2018entrepreneurs,\u2019 and \u2018thought leaders\u2019 that do nothing but go around giving speeches about how if you just buy this book\/program\/trademarked strategy, all your students will behave and start paying attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, on a slightly bright note, there were plenty who offered some tough-love takes on why teaching need not be entertainment, and how the classic methods still work just fine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"teachers,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes shit is boring, and that\u2019s okay. Most of life is boring. I\u2019m not a cruise director, I\u2019m trying to teach about the Ottoman Empire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLecture is okay in the classroom. Not every single minute and activity needs to be exciting and action-packed. Kids need to learn the background or reasoning behind a lesson before applying it. They\u2019re also going to need to learn to take notes if they go to college.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Gamifying lessons\u2019 just feeds into the instant gratification bullshit of iPad kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOmg yes this. I\u2019ve gotten back into education through subbing, and often it means just putting the students on whatever gameified version of education is expected of them. They often just get frustrated and let the game time out or give them the correct answer if they are even mildly frustrated by the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRote memorization is a better way to learn things like math facts and vocabulary words than whatever the latest trendy method is at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m taking French right now, and no matter what the chosen method (vocab and grammar lists, listening to lessons, etc., etc.), in the end every single method revolves around repetition (aka beating it into your head).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And lastly, this one really hit the nail on the head\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery issue that exists in public schools is a microcosm of the issues that exist in society in general, and until society fixes itself, the things that are broken about the system won\u2019t get better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s probably the hardest truth of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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