world is hectic so ESLs (me) are busy

A part of me think it could be due to technology I.e. calculators, AI and internet. Now kids in theory can get technology to do a lot of their homework which means they don't actually experience nor absorb the knowledge required.

Probably because AI and internet.
Now homework don't require half as much effort.

They will just fix that by making exams easier again.

Does it matter? Education doesn't seem like the path to success anyway.

In 2014, university graduates from the U.S. were often unable to find a job requiring a degree; 44% could only find service jobs such as barista positions that do not require postsecondary education.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underemployment#/media/File:Baristas_first_starbucks.jpg

And that situation is even worse now because of AI.

People are becoming increasingly useless to society whether they're educated or not.

English Teacher: This is the best essay I ever read. 98, no one is perfect.

Me: I took that personally.

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It's probably just the low quality of teachers available too. They would probably get better grades if they were taught by AI.

Probably more likely a problem with teachers in the US struggling to teach classes full of children who don't all speak the same language. Too many immigrants.

Teachers are often put in impossible situations where they're told to teach kids who don't even speak English, don't have an interest in learning, or come from troubled homes where being malnourished and poorly cared for causes them problems in school.

And also many children come from cultures that don't value education, so the children are disinterested.

Then mentally lazy Republicans see the failure rate and blame the teachers instead of fixing problems.

Idk why but people say I’m a good teacher when it comes to teaching on how to do the job. They say because I’m straight to the point.

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Does it matter? Education doesn't seem like the path to success anyway.

In 2014, university graduates from the U.S. were often unable to find a job requiring a degree; 44% could only find service jobs such as barista positions that do not require postsecondary education.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underemployment#/media/File:Baristas_first_starbucks.jpg

And that situation is even worse now because of AI.

People are becoming increasingly useless to society whether they're educated or not.

Edumacation is very key to success.

You *can* live life without but in today's fierce job markets you'll fare better with a degree or two under your belt.

indeed many careers won't touch those without a decent degree.

stay in school, kids!

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Yeah but teachers are still garbage though.

What reason do you have for that conclusion?

Lots of Americans seem to be doing fine in public schools. I was mostly satisfied with my teachers. I took classes in both public and private schools, and didn't notice much of a difference.

People who are against public education often have bad motives. They're either religious extremists who are upset because children learning science interferes with religious indoctrination, or they're just greedy taxpayers who would rather have more money for themselves than pay taxes to have a healthy society with properly funded schools.

I assume this is in the USA?

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What reason do you have for that conclusion?

Failure rates prove it.

I already gave plenty of reasons why increasing failure rates are not proof of teacher misconduct, as I spell out here:

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It's probably just the low quality of teachers available too. They would probably get better grades if they were taught by AI.

Probably more likely a problem with teachers in the US struggling to teach classes full of children who don't all speak the same language. Too many immigrants.

Teachers are often put in impossible situations where they're told to teach kids who don't even speak English, don't have an interest in learning, or come from troubled homes where being malnourished and poorly cared for causes them problems in school.

And also many children come from cultures that don't value education, so the children are disinterested.

Then mentally lazy Republicans see the failure rate and blame the teachers instead of fixing problems.

For me it’s the opposite. I was raised in a family where your worth is based on your education and what you can accomplish. Was a bit toxic? Yeah. But it did give me the foundation to prepare me for what lies ahead. Now I’m making 100,000 dollars a year after tax.

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Last week a teacher turned up to school drunk and forced the pupils to do the macarena. She got suspended.

I went to public schools for like 10 years of my education and nothing like that ever happened. Sounds like you're cherry-picking some isolated case to smear public education.

Watch the movie idiocracy