gergroy said:
basically, the schools today have to do a lot more then they had to. I am a school teacher and did you know almost half our budget goes just to special education? Not saying we should do away with special education, it is valuable, but it has never been properly paid for... |
From my understanding, I think you have it backwards ... Take away a calculator and have your best high-school math student do a test from the 1950s, I'm positive he will struggle to get a passing mark; and probably won't come close to finishing the test in time. Without a calculator students can't do basic arithmitec, without a word processor students can't write an essay, and without the internet students can't write a basic research paper anymore.
With that said, I think the primary problems with the school system is lack of discipline and lack of accountability of students; and the protection of incompetent teachers by the union.