squeeeb

those who can, do. those who can't, teach. teaching doesn't pay well, so the really good ones do other stuff, leaving those who aren't all that brilliant to hang out and teach kids.

also, if you have a class of 30 kids, and 5 of them fail, it looks very very bad for you, it shows you can't teach (even if you have tried and it's the kid's personal reasons that keep him from learning) so you sweep the bad marks under the rug and pass him on. its all about results, not the truth.

no child left behind. egalitarianism. since not everyone can increase their standards, they lower the standards so everyone can meet them.

so you are a young teacher who is gonna go out there and educate the world! you find out you are dealing with parents who are too busy or fucked up with their own shitty lives or just don't care, so you get no help from them. you got kids coming from fucked up homes, education boards breathing down your neck for results, you are not paid all that well, there are other factors involved, it all just breeds apathy. you do what you can but really, why bother to try hard, its just a waste of time.

everyone figures it's futile and not worth the hassle, and if you tell someone they fail you get in trouble for it and have to deal with irate parents etc. many many factors, and so the system collapses, and now school is a place for kids to hang out for a few hours of the day.

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onward to mayhem!