So my kid is 3 now. A good and smart kid. He will be in school in a couple of years.
But where my wife is a teacher and after a few conversations with teachers, I'm getting a bit stressed.
So I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada. The teachers, for the most part are great, but I really think the system is kind of broken.
I was talking to an old friend last night, who has been teaching for 14 years and he was telling me that the kids he is teaching today are the worst he has ever taught. Academically speaking. He says he can't even get through half of the material he was getting through even 10 years ago. So I figure, there is something wrong with the system and also problems outside the system. I'll deal with the problems within the system that trouble me.
The biggest problem I see is that they do not fail kids anymore. They just push them through. I always had a motivating fear of failing. Kids failed when I was in school. I can think of 5 or 6 of them that came up with me (I had a small school) that failed. They just don't fail them anymore.... My friend was telling me he has kids in his academic English class (grade 10 to 12) that can barely read or write at 3 level. He tells me having kids like this in his class is bad for everyone. Bad for the smarter kids that can't be challenged and bad for the worst performers because they are overmatched and don't care.
My wife. She teaches grade 4. At a mixed socioeconomic neighborhood. She has many of the same challenges. She has maybe 7 or 8 kids in her class that are on some type of program. Either academic or behavioral or severely disabled. She's had kids that are completely gone mentally, that basically wear helmets and might function at a 2 year old mental level. Something like that can kind of be dealt with and it can be a learning experience for other kids dealing with severely disabled.... But it's the huge behavior problems that bother me. 2 or 3 or even 1 of those kids can just destroy a classroom. Again, years ago. If kids were that bad, they would get expelled and the rest of the class can learn. Now, they will almost NEVER expel a kid.
In my wife's school they had an 8 year old follow a 5 year old in the bathroom and try to drown him... was literally caught in the act of trying to drown a 5 year old in a toilet and they couldn't get rid of him. Furthermore, they couldn't even disclose the identity to the other parents for privacy reasons.
Anyway, this all gets me to my original point. That basically, to maximize the chance of my son receiving a good education, I have to get him taught in a different language. It's sad, but it is true. Learning disabled kids, are not put in french immersion. Behavior issues are not put in french immersion. And if they are, they get weeded out pretty quick. You get a far superior peer group for your child going this route. At least where I live.
That is all.
But where my wife is a teacher and after a few conversations with teachers, I'm getting a bit stressed.
So I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada. The teachers, for the most part are great, but I really think the system is kind of broken.
I was talking to an old friend last night, who has been teaching for 14 years and he was telling me that the kids he is teaching today are the worst he has ever taught. Academically speaking. He says he can't even get through half of the material he was getting through even 10 years ago. So I figure, there is something wrong with the system and also problems outside the system. I'll deal with the problems within the system that trouble me.
The biggest problem I see is that they do not fail kids anymore. They just push them through. I always had a motivating fear of failing. Kids failed when I was in school. I can think of 5 or 6 of them that came up with me (I had a small school) that failed. They just don't fail them anymore.... My friend was telling me he has kids in his academic English class (grade 10 to 12) that can barely read or write at 3 level. He tells me having kids like this in his class is bad for everyone. Bad for the smarter kids that can't be challenged and bad for the worst performers because they are overmatched and don't care.
My wife. She teaches grade 4. At a mixed socioeconomic neighborhood. She has many of the same challenges. She has maybe 7 or 8 kids in her class that are on some type of program. Either academic or behavioral or severely disabled. She's had kids that are completely gone mentally, that basically wear helmets and might function at a 2 year old mental level. Something like that can kind of be dealt with and it can be a learning experience for other kids dealing with severely disabled.... But it's the huge behavior problems that bother me. 2 or 3 or even 1 of those kids can just destroy a classroom. Again, years ago. If kids were that bad, they would get expelled and the rest of the class can learn. Now, they will almost NEVER expel a kid.
In my wife's school they had an 8 year old follow a 5 year old in the bathroom and try to drown him... was literally caught in the act of trying to drown a 5 year old in a toilet and they couldn't get rid of him. Furthermore, they couldn't even disclose the identity to the other parents for privacy reasons.
Anyway, this all gets me to my original point. That basically, to maximize the chance of my son receiving a good education, I have to get him taught in a different language. It's sad, but it is true. Learning disabled kids, are not put in french immersion. Behavior issues are not put in french immersion. And if they are, they get weeded out pretty quick. You get a far superior peer group for your child going this route. At least where I live.
That is all.
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