Nothing Wrong with our Education System

[ULYCYC]

Soon High School classes will be Facebook delivered and print out your own diploma.

[TSM Girl]

Pretty much what we do is to stay on top of the teachers and our kids to see what they are doing in class. Last year, our oldest daughter who was in 4th grade had a "First year" (new) teacher and when she would bring home corrected work from the teacher, Bryan and I would sit there to double check the teacher, which sometimes she would mark things wrong when they were correct. Bryan would write a note on the paper and send it back to the teacher explaining it was correct and she should "double check". That teacher is no longer a teacher, she is now a librarian.

[Steve Wood]

school has become a joke in many places...Excep t China and India.

You got that right...I was referring to the US of A

I went into a store with a friend one day so he could buy cigars...start ed to check out and the college girl messed up the cash register and could not check us out.  I said, "just add the sales tax to the price" and that will be what we owe you."  She handed me a calculator to do it for her.  Told her that I did not need a calculator to do that.....and told her the price.   She looked at me like I was from Mars.....

College girl...

I dread to stand in check out lines at Walmart for fear that the register will break before I get there.....not to mention the dreaded "Price Check!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Steve Wood]

school has become a joke in many places...Excep t China and India.

You got that right...I was referring to the US of A

I went into a store with a friend one day so he could buy cigars...start ed to check out and the college girl messed up the cash register and could not check us out.

[Zap]

....I was not a popular person after that.

So that was the seminal event.

[ULYCYC]

My mother gave my first grade teacher a permission letter to hit me if I got out of line.
The teacher smacked me out of my chair when a spitball stuck to her head. The good old days :rolleyes:

[Spoolin']

Most of my classes were held in the Principal's office. To this day, he and I are still good friends. The friendships and bonds you make in life....  

I got suspended on many occasions throughout junior high and high school, mostly for seeing how far I could push. One teacher used to kick me out of class at least once a week, but he would always let me come back because he knew I'd learn something everyday. This teacher and I are also still in contact today, and he's one of the best teachers I ever had.

The most memorable suspension came when I was a senior in High School. Another classmate and I made a bet on who could yell "penis" the loudest down the hallway... He was at one end, and I at the other. Needless to say I won, and the other students had a great laugh, but the three manliest women teachers alive (who's classrooms were all near my locker) didn't find it funny. To this day I don't believe they like the word penis, or the penis in general. It was about 5 minutes into study hall when my good friend Mr. Principal comes looking at me. He asked me about the situation, I told him the truth. As he's trying not to laugh, he tells me I've been suspended. I got home from school, told my mom what happened. She wasn't impressed, but she also didn't believe me. She called the school to confirm, and the Principal told her what had happened. Without missing a beat, my mom says "You suspended him for saying 'Penis', I could see a few detentions but a suspension is ridicoulus. Its not like he was yelling 'cock' or 'dick' or 'balls'!" It was 2nd semester, I had all my credits to graduate, so it wasn't really a big deal... But they still talked about it at my 10 year reunion last year  

[Pyro6]

Most of my classes were held in the Principal's office. To this day, he and I are still good friends. The friendships and bonds you make in life....

[TSM Girl]

Well, coming from one of the worst school districts in Chicagoland, (suburbs), all I can say is, I was so glad to graduate and I think my parents were also because the I was the last child of 3 to get the hell out of there.

[chrisgarrett]

I teach at a private school in a north Chicago suburb.  Whenever I travel on monthly field trips with my classes, I'm am constantly complimented on how courteous and well-behaved the students are.  Our school is supported by private donations and tuition.  Our school has consistently placed in the top 8% of schools in the nation according to our national test scores (5% last year).   My fellow teachers are all dedicated, hard-working men and women who put in long hours and spend many one-on-one hours with students who need help.
We use the latest technology like laptops for each student and Smartboards, and we use old fashion techniques like requiring students set aside quiet time to read at least one hour per day.
While I would like to say that our outstanding results are because of us teachers, it would be a lie.  The truth is our students excel primarily because our parents are dedicated to our school and seeing that their children do well.  The parents of our children have to pay several thousand dollars per student per year in tuition.  The fact that they are willing to spend this money, when there are plenty of free public schools in our district, proves that they care about the quality of their kid's education.  These parents are not wealthy by any means, but they make the personal sacrifice for their children.  Better parenting not more money is the solution to improving our schools.
Here's a picture of one of my 8th grade classes.

[Wrecked Em]

Good work Chris!!!!

If throwing money at it solved the problem, Chicago Public Schools would be some the best schools in the nation.

[Zap]

My hats off to the teachers of the world. You couldn't pay me enough to do what you do.

[SuperSix]

My fiancee's son's teachers are shocked that we are involved and ask questions. Scary times.

[Steve Wood]

Unfortunately, Chris, schools and teachers, like yours and you are the exception rather than the rule.

I guess parents accept it and therefore, it is...

It seems such a simple problem, but, the education appears to be anything but.

[$1987 GN$]

I teach at a private school in a north Chicago suburb.