It's sad to see child at this age facing the cold world that we living in. I think this lottery should not be for the respect of those who won't be picked up.
My youngest daughter was passing with good grades at public and parochial school yet scored low on standardized tests. I've been home schooling her for a little over a year and her improvement has been miraculous! I have to bounce around like a cheerleader and use manipulatives, but I'm amazed at the strides we've made. Best decision ever.
In the 1960s Statistics showed those who 'dropped out' had an average I.Q. higher than those who stayed in the system. Elementary School prepared us for Jr High and J.H. for High School which got us ready for College where we got a paper to get a job to pay bills to pay others to work for us and pay funeral cost in advance. School kept us in Society which is far away from Reality. We weren't sure what LIFE was about but we all knew This is NOT where it's at ~ TEACHER, Leave those kids alone!
the "good, little children" would all go to the LIBRARY to STUDY and do their HOMEWORK!
They would also drink their milk and eat all their vegetables!
I'm still waiting for the T.V. reality show where Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, Michelle Rhee, Davis Guggenheim, et al. attempt to teach Remedial Math at a junior high in the inner-city!
its called the dumbing down of america. so that those in power( the blue bloods) can stay in power. even the police force and army pick only people who will tow the line. do and not ask. the rich want to stay rich. so they keep poeple enslaved. controled and stupit. even the teachers dont know the answers. they cant control the kids. parents r not aloud to smack there children. and the goverment dosent teach right from worng. it uses punishment to control. and fear to keep u in line.
When a 16 y.o. single mother who has had no education is pregnant with her 6th child, no system or education can do anything to really help that child!
School is the biggest waste of time in the fucking world. I am 15, sophomore, I make mostly A's couple B's. I get up every morning tired as shit and go to school to learn absolutely nothing. I learn more on an hour session on Wikipedia than i do in a whole month of school. Every assignment i do is busywork and complete bullshit. No one learns anything from a wordsearch. I look around and i find myself engulfed by ignorance. FUCK IT ALL
@monkeydanny123 Actually... You are absolutely right. It's a waste of time and money. To take 12 years of school for you to learn the basics which are: reading, writing and math. Everything else you can learn on your own or in college. Maybe u should ask your parents about home school or something... IDK... Just try to enjoy school as long as u can though... meet people and stuff...
@monkeydanny123 Yeah... it's sad. There are classes in US schools that are so irrelevant, like French class... Who the hell needs to learn french unless you're studying French literature or you're going to visit France LOL. I think it's a pretty lame reason to learn a language just bcs it sounds cool. Spanish is more important since there are more places that speak Spanish and most ppl here speak Spanish anyway. School education needs to be re-designed for more efficiency and less time...
Education in America is about preserving the jobs of admin and teachers. Education is and always will be secondary to job security and preservation. Also, why did the biggest slackers and weed heads I went to HS with are teachers, cops, firemen, and mail men? It's not a hard one. The jobs that DO NOT reward talent are the ones that attract the dregs.
The real ugly truth is that it is all about money and power and as long as we keep the majority of society ignorant about it, nothing will ever change! As a human race we haven't evolved enough to create something greater than our crummy politics and superficial information. The real education would begin somewhere else!
Sounds like my school. The only way we could get in my high school was by the lottery..I got in because the day before it was time to go back o school, someone dropped out && my name was picked
its a good school..pretty hard work, but I love it.. I'm glad I got in :)
i really want to see this when it comes out. i thought of dropping out a couple of times but i stopped myself in believing in myself that i could do something and make a name for myself.
propaganda. what they dont tell u is that its not always the schools fault. its the environment the students live in. they dont show the stress children face out of school like when their parents are fighting and peer pressure from gangs. total propaganda
This is from experience and from the heart of an ex-teacher (who would like to teach again); without this, no amount of money would help:
1) Instead of blaming the teacher - SUPPORT the teacher (this means don't automatically "defend" your child when they are being undisciplined, dear parent...).
2) Instead of idolizing the child - DEMAND MORE from the child; this shows the child you believe in him/her; if you demand little he/she will grow little.
@MisterBlueSky1000 Why did ppl flag you over this comment? Ppl are stupid! You're completely right. We live in weird times my friend. Parents don't encourage any respect on their children, yet they expect the teachers to deal with their bad behavior. A teacher can do so much having to deal with all that crap. They blame the schools and yeah, some are pretty bad, but the students are not quality either. A kid is 7 years old and he doesn't even know how to talk? Are you kidding me?!
This is from experience and from the heart of an ex-teacher (who would like to teach again); without this, no amount of money would help:
1) Instead of blaming the teacher - SUPPORT the teacher (this means don't automatically "defend" your child when they are being undisciplined, dear parent...).
2) Instead of idolizing the child - DEMAND MORE from the child; this shows the child you believe in him/her; if you demand little he/she will grow little.
This is from experience and from the heart of an ex-teacher (who would like to teach again); without this, no amount of money would help:
1) Instead of blaming the teacher - SUPPORT the teacher (this means don't automatically "defend" your child when they are being undisciplined, dear parent...).
2) Instead of idolizing the child - DEMAND MORE from the child; this shows the child you believe in him/her; if you demand little he/she will grow little.
The roles of parent, counselor, police, form filler, advocate, healer, encourager, form filler, supreme example, secretary, peace maker, form filler, priest ( pastor-rabbi-imam-shaman...), motivator, and...teacher??...are all supposed to come together in one person (according to 'The System'). That would be The Teacher!
Talk about a Superman!!! No one person within any one system can measure up to those expectations! Teachers are supposed to be Superman, but The System is their kryptonite.
Progressive-Statist-Liberal-Socialist unions HATE free competition and work HARD to protect crappy teachers while punishing those teachers and schools who excel or want to excel. All to gain taxpayer money for the union bosses.
It is a teacher's responsibility to teach skills. It is a parent's responsibility to know their child, then find their child's passion in life, and provide support for that child to chase his/her passion. There is no money in schools for field trips (exposing kids to something other than mom and dad plopped down in front of a tv or fighting in the bedroom). There is no money nor requirements for physical education, an outlet for stress and energy for kids. There is $ 4 ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES
@Timmy0co I agree. When I become a teacher, I may not end up in the public education system. Why? It is not because I don't want to teach the general population. In FACT my specialty is bilingual education. The system chokes you! It is terrible, and I am sorry but I would rather make 10k a year than join a teachers union. I would rather teach in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country and be paid in goatsmilk than be a part of that system.
I agree that teachers should be held to rigorous standards. One such way that you can raise the standards in a specific field is to raise the pay. Comparing teachers to doctors, doctors are paid such a high amount for a reason: they have a huge amount of education and there is a low acceptance of "bad" doctors. If we made teachers have more in depth education and then paid them according to their skill level, the standards would rise. All of the problems arise from money.
The fault with our educational system is not an easy one to place, but it can generally be based on the low amount of money schools have. It is a consistent statistic that schools with more of a tax base to support the district score higher on standardized tests and have a higher graduation rate. The one key thing that is killing our schools and the students in those schools is the lack of funding.
Yes parents are part of the problem. That can be solved by letting them keep their tax dollars that pay for their child's education. Then letting them decide what school they want to send their kids to. Then let THEM WRITE THE CHECK FOR IT. Then they would be interested.
I dont blame teachers!! these kids have NO respect for elders!! go to china and japan and worldwide and see how they dress act and talk!!!! they take education a nd knowledge seriously! these little lady gaga whores and sluts act like school is a freaken club, U HAVE NO RESPECT, KIDS WITH NO RESPECT WILL HAVE NO FUTURE! ghetto kids with no parents to teach them, white kids with drug addictions!! U WILL GO NOWHERE!
Have strict rules for kids. They break them, they are out.
Dont call the after class, special attention, call it "class for stupid kids"
So many parents these days are taking out loans to send their kids to private schools that compete and have rules. Why, because public schools are a failure. Blame the school unions.
society should not make teachers accountable for everything that goes wrong with children education. There are a lot of factors that affect a child education. for instance SES plays an important role in student learning. if a child does not have the basic needs to survive, the student is most likely to do poorly in school or even drop out!! why arent politicians worrying much about our education system? because it is very convenient for the top 1 or 2 % to keep the rest of us uneducated.
Why hold teachers responsible? Because private schools deal with it. They dont bother trying to help the trouble makers, they toss them out on their ass and call them stupid, and tell their parents they dont want them or their money.
Being rich doesnt get you educated. Discipline and consqequences does. It also gets you equality. THAT was what MLK was trying to teach from the beginning - not entitlement.
@jabberwolf TO begin with I dont like calling anyone stupid, I believe that every kid is capable of learning and should be entitled to a good education! it is so funny that you talk about equality when you agree with tossing struggling students out of school...is that equality?
@lmarquez14 - sadly, equality equals mediocrity. When it comes to intellect, we are not equal. Some people are smarter than others and should invest in them so that they can excel so that our nation can benefit from their genius. Dedicating excessive energy to the lowest common denominator makes us more compassionate but it is ultimately destructive to a society as a whole. Ref: Screwtape diaries: Epilogue
There are a lot of good teachers trying really hard to do their work, surrounded by the politics of the schools that at time do not support them in discipline and educating the parents who are children from broken families and broken schools too. Yes there are bad teachers, but to say that this is the only problem is wrong.Good teachers need the support of their principals and especailly of the parents, and at times parents are too busy dealing with very personal and social issues of their own.
@kesaonez Actually... I live in the netherlands: ( Top 3 list in education i noticed) And here kids are also listening to ipods and dressing the way they want. Nothing wrong with that. Mostly the parents brothers/sisters friends help the support a kid needs for education so they stay focused and know the importance of it themself to. But i am not concerned about the way kids dress up or the amount of discipline a kid have in school...
@kesaonez I am more concerned about school systems and there education in general today! All around the world: Do these school systems really still WORK? To be more precise: Do they still really work for these kids to become successful in life, when making there effort to create a business, to become independent and so on and so on from TODAYS economy? Where the systems for a better future tomorrow for the next generation to come already... does NOT work anymore?
@kesaonez So what i am saying is.. Is that school systems should be changed the way they are structured to work today and should teached kids a future for more independence and success in todays economy so your kid can..well surfive!. Because..Pfff.. Fokes..Really..Do you really think we will achieve a solution with a 70´s schoolsystems in a 2010 Economy thats screams unsecured future not being independence, job loss, economy crisis every 24/7 doing it the old way = get degree and work J.O.B.?
Mjedallen, That is the reason parent put their children in school, IT IS YOUR JOB to teach them those things. Thats why you get your check. I practice with my children every night and I believe parents should help out, BUT some parents cant, and also what about the children with out parents?? You should RE-Write how you said that!
Mjedallen, That is the reason parent put their children in school, IT IS YOUR JOB to teach them those things. Thats why you get your check. I practice with my children every night and I believe parents should help out, BUT some parents cant, and also what about the children with out parents?? You should RE-Write how you said the!
The reason every country is ahead of us is they have discipline in the system! This is never in discussion. They wear uniforms. Disciplined children!!!! Why can children walk around all day listening to a iPod that has songs full of profanity and that's ok as we know that's a major influence...no discipline. Horrible MTV shows are ok to influence children?????
@kesaonez in todays economy with these strengths every kid has unique to them selfs. Not just to get a degree to work there and there so that you can apply for that J O B! If that was possible a parent does not have to read that your kid is faired from a job YOUR KID... has worked SO HARD for to get his/her degree from that school system..Only to work inside a system/economy what in general does NOT work anymore! And remember people...
@kesaonez I am talking about the latest 'economic crisis' and the countless of job losses we read in the newspapers each day! And we teach our children to work in that same system so history can repeat itself on our next generation? School systems should be teaching kids what there strengths are and how to become independent ( having a business or at least to produce a income what is stable) and SUCCESSFUL
@CashinOnlineGuide The reason history repeats itself is because the liberals keep rewriting history. Secondly, economics should be a requirement to graduate! Most people have no clue about economics,. For instance, most people think this country is capitalistic when in fact it's crony capitalism which is why we are suffering from this economic crisis!
@adelyn123 Very well said. A good understandings on how the economy works today should indeed be a requirement for every kid or student today no matter what kind of background or education him/she follows. Because the future is looking grim in my opinion if you dont know that knowledge and you are not prepared but just kicked into today's economy with just a degree in your pocket thinking you can make a succesfull life today. You hit the nail there adelyn Thanks!
Teachers have no power and children since the dawn of time dislike school, yet they have to do it cause it is their job to learn how to function in society. In the 1950's we were not failing oh why you say? Teachers were respected and children had disciple/Respect for themselves, teachers and society!!!!! That's why.....
@kesaonez A job back then in the 70´s begin 80´s was still a very stable way to have SECURE future and ENJOYABLE life...(Because the economy still worked and the school systems applied to that economy of the 70´s begin 80´s still worked!) But in TODAYS Economy... A Job stands for Just...Over...Broke! Because it can END Just like That! And if that is your or your sons daughter only income... GOOD LUCK!
The reason every country is ahead of us is they have discipline in the system! This is Teachers have no power and children since the dawn of time dislike school, yet they have to do it cause it is their job to learn how to function in society. In the 1950's we were not failing oh why you say? Teachers were respected and children had disciple/Respect for themselves, teachers and society!!!!! That's why.
The reason every country is ahead of us is they have discipline in the system! This is never in discussion. They wear uniforms. Disciplined children!!!! Why can children walk around all day listening to a iPod that has songs full of profanity and that's ok as we know that's a major influence...no discipline. Horrible MTV shows are ok to influence children????? Teachers have no power and children since the dawn of time dislike school, yet they have to do it cause it is their job to learn how to
@Creaganlvn a parent has their child for the first 4-5 years of their life...the PARENTS are a child's first teacher!!!! Children should have some basics before they go to school...some kids don't eve recognize their own name when it's written on their desk. That is the parents job to teach them their name, address, phone number, COLORS and how to hold a pencil/crayon. ARE YOU KIDDING ME with this response???? Teachers are not placing blame, they are asking parents to do their job too!!
@valenjenn. You see that's the problem, it's all about the money with you teachers. Teaching should be act of love towards children not your retirement plan! If it was all about the money, teachers shouldve studied something else! So stop all your crying!
@gilipoo Of course it is about money, teachers need to make a living too. Saying teachers should not worry about money because they should instead be worried about helping their students is a very weak thought. If that should be the case, each person who has a job, especially someone with a job that helps others-say, a doctor- should not ask for as much money as they make because they should just enjoy the fact that they help people. That is the logic in your comment.
@sillyratable your view point is absurd. Private school teachers earn less and less benefits but the product is substantially better how can this be? Teacher unions make this argument in order to raise union dues and rally political support, please do not be naive
@Palmettovmp1 What I mean is that there are some pretty dumb people who become teachers. People are drawn to that career because they wrongfully think it will be easy. They don't know what they really want to be, so they go for something that is easy to imagine as they have seen teachers their entire life. When I was in college becoming a teacher, I wanted the job because I wanted to make a difference.. Some students had no reason except that they thought they could get a job easily (how...
@Palmettovmp1 how wrong they were). If we were to make the teaching field more competitive by offering more money and holding teachers to higher standards, we would weed out the people who teach for the wrong reason. Think of it this way: If a person who would love to teach math has a better job opportunity & more money completing some sort of engineering degree, they will generally become an engineer as that salary can protect the lifestyle they want. We are losing great teachers to higher pay.
@Palmettovmp1 Most teachers, public and private are caring, conscientious, competent professionals. Private schools put out a better 'product' because they generally get to pick and choose better materials. Public schools have to accept all who come. Private schools don't have to accept the slow, the special needs, the problem students.
private schools are better schools because they are expensive. they don't just choose kids who they assume are perfect stepford kids. They only 'pick and choose' as you put it, wealthy children who can foot the bill of a decent education. They are better because they are not funded by property tax. Most public schools are funded by the neighborhood property tax, if you live in a poor neighborhood then you go to a poor school. period.
mjedallen - while I do agree with you that parents are part of the problem, I also know in working with K12 schools thru my job, that many educators are just lazy and don't want to learn new technology. They're shortchanging these kids because they can't be bothered with Professional Dev. Instead, they complain to their tech directors when a new version of Inspiration or Kidspiration is brought into the school, because now they have to learn it. We live in a culture of lazy. Not acceptable.
mjedallen - while I do agree with you that parents are part of the problem, I also know in working with K12 schools thru my job, that many educators are just lazy and don't want to learn new technology. They're shortchanging these kids because they can't be bothered with Professional Dev. Instead, they complain to their tech directors when a new version of Inspiration or Kidspiration is brought into the school, because now they have to learn it. We live in a culture of lazy. Not acceptable.
Can't blame the parents. They send their children to be educated and once a child steps into a classroom, it's the teacher's responsibility to educate.
Public (government) education is a FAILURE.
Too many public school teachers are in it for the MONEY, not the kids.
@Markus77x7 seriously? Do you have any idea how much money a public school teacher makes? I am a teacher and I am not the breadwinner in my family. Thank goodness because if I were, our family would be living paycheck to paycheck and struggling. If you aren't a teacher and have never worked in the education system, I think it's difficult for you to really understand. I would encourage anyone to shadow a teacher for a week and then see what your thoughts are on public education.
@valenjenn ok you get summer off almost all holidays and to not even stay that long during work hours between 7:30 to 6:30 p.m. wow thats in it for the money.
our teachers should be monitor more their are some really bad teachers in our public school and not doing good job at educating our kids for instance my son who was in pre k 4 at the time had a teacher who was sitting on her chair 90% of the time she was teaching. dont know if she was hurt or what but she should have been sent home until she got better rather then sitting down and pretending to teach kids need encouragement where was the participation
The system does need change. The government should not be in charge of solving everyone's problems. It should be encouraging people to solve their own.
In the end, the system is the not the real problem, it's society and culture. Blaming the system is a scapegoat. No system is perfect. People are responsible for the problems. Parents need to be parents and start caring about their child's education. That's the bottom line. Strengthening our family values would be a good start.
I work in the system and it's hard being a great educator when you have a 32 to 1 ratio, our budget is failing us and we are just trying to do our best with what we are given.
Blaming parents is useless. If you want parents to be better at preparing children for Kindergarten, then lets do something about it, but the cycle of poverty in this country is devastating in terms of outcomes for children. Our schools are broken as a system. There are many great teachers and many that are bad, but overall our schools fail the children who need them most.
@genegeist It is not a cycle of poverty that is crippling our education. It is cycle of ignorance. Sanctioned ignorance...the kind that says it is okay to be dumb. It is okay to text all day and play video games all night. Kids in poverty have rescources available to them to learn, but the real handicap is to be born to stupid parents.
I live near Chicago. The state owes our school almost 2 million in funding (just this year). The system doesn't work without money, folks. 32 kids in a classroom doesn't work. Firing teachers doesn't work. You can add all the 504 plans and IEPs that you want... but with no funding, you're just making a bad situation worse.
We live in a society of endless second chances. Parents aren't held accountable for anything, and students laugh at consequences because they know they won't get expelled.
As a private school teacher, I can tell you first-hand that is this is a serious issue.
We get new students every year coming from local public schools who are in the 7th, 8th or 9th grade. These students often cannot read or write properly, or do basic math. This is in a middle class area, not inner-city.
All of the public school students we get have very notable deficiencies in education, discipline, and character that need to be corrected, and it's getting worse every year, not better.
I really want to see this movie. Hopefully the people that can make a difference will watch it as well. Children's education should be first - not corporations and ceo's. Greed has hurt our nation and especially our children.
I will definitely be seeing this film. It is unbelievable that we spend more per student than just about every other country, yet our students fall behind just about every other country. It is more than time we repeal public education. Every student should be important. All students should be taught based on their individual needs and abilities. Parents should have the freedom (disgusting I have to say that in America) to chart their childrens' educational course would make a huge difference.
@johnswanagon I WOULD LOVE IT if parents had the focus to pay attention to their child's education! Chart it? They can't even find their way to the school for conferences and meetings. The average parent is useless. They don't pay attention, they don't do their part in the education process. Charter schools to most parents = the right to expect a different set of teachers to do everything. PARENTS are the most important people in a child's life, but most are barely involved in education.
@Aramis2000 I think you hit the nail on the head. This public education system of ours has essentially allowed parents to cede their responsibilities over to schools. That is why I support ending public education. Too many people just want the government to take care of them and \assume that it will be done right. If people had to pick schools for their kids and pay directly, they'd change their tune real quick. All of sudden it would matter because it would be coming out of their bank accts.
@johnswanagon That would never work because parents would just not send their kids to school if that was the case. This would only end in a even more uneducated country.
There is no quick fix, and we can't expect all children to go to college. We need to start more hands on vocational programs that give children hope and more options instead of labeling them. We need a "back to basics"(reading writing and math) movement which will empower all children!
Where are the white children? It's bad enough Bill Gates' scholarship is only for non-Whites, but this video almost entirely ignores white children. Public education costs $10-15k per year, 3x what it did (inflation adjusted) than the 1970s. Test scores haven't improved. We need to radically decrease funding, give it back to the taxpayers, and increase funding to private schools, which actually cost less than public schools and get better results.
Are you avdocating for vouchers, becuase currently there is no public funding for private schools? Private school is between 500-1000 dollars per mo. or 6k - 12k per year much more than the 5k per year California gives per student per year. So, unless you can afford an elete private school or live in Marin, or Beverly Hills where public schools are great you get a crap education in your neighborhood school. The movie isn't about $ but educational change. Google Dr. Geoffry Canada and stupider!
@ToxicMonkies obviously we are since you don't know that "Stupider" is an adjective of the word "Stupid", but i think he shoudve used "more stupid" instead
@ToxicMonkies Haha! I heard him say that and I immediately looked at the comments to see if anybody noticed this. His statement is synonmous to saying, "Your a idiot."
this movie should be called: "THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
the government took over the educational system since the 1950's. since the take over the quality of education has gone down but the cost has gone up... before the government take over US was the smartest country.. today families are strongly depending on the government to randomly select their children to go to a better school and if they don't get selected they are going to die. ALL BULLSHIT!!!
It's not necessarily the education system that's broken...we need to start holding parents accountable too!! Children come to Kindergarten at the school I teach in not knowing their colors or even how to use a crayon! And we (teachers) are being blamed for it...that's what's broken!
@mjedallen yes, you are right that parents need to be accountable, but thiers such a large percentage of un-educated parents who either work 4 jobs a day, or dont have have the knowledge to help. at the end of the day, teachers are hired to teach, not to talk about thier life, not to hold thier own sterotypes, TO TEACH. As a teacher, if your student fails, you fail, teachers and the public education system need to be held accountable.
@mjedallen Please stop passing the buck. It seems that you have forgotten your Job title or profession let me remind you (T.E.A.C.H.E.R) can you spell it with me? It’s true that parents have to get involved in the education of their childrens. Nevertheless, you are paid (very handsomely) to do a job. With the School Taxes that I pay every year ($6500) in my county, I expect results not excuses. Without the UNIONS backing you, some of you wouldn't last 3 weeks in the real world.
@romeo2g Have you ever being in a classroom teaching? it is very easy for you to say that teachers have forgotten their job title. what do parents do to help their children education? maybe you "participate" in your child education but think about other parents who do not provide kids with even the basic needs to survive. Teachers cant be parents and teachers at the same time!!... So please do not generalize! and one more thing: you pay taxes SO do teachers!!!!!
@mjedallen. This is what a cycle of sanctioned ignorance does to a society. The parents of this child who doesn't know numbers and cannot hold a crayon was also failed by the public education system. We are pandering to the special interests of teachers at the expense of our children.
@mjedallen First of all the schools are optional. As you can see what Michelle Rhee said she knows they are getting a crappy education. I'm a high school kid first of all. I move to different states because of my dad and him being in the air force, and from what I saw, kids are not getting stupid, it's the education system! The way the education system shows how the kids how to work and getting picked from a lottery to see if they go to a good school is just stupid. We have to take a stand NOW!
Too many stupid people having too many kids overbudening the system, also parents not participating in childrens education. I believe in government sponsered population control, your income dictates how many children you can have. And for crack whores and such, if you dont clean up your act , "Forced Sterilization".
@yournamehere321321 In nature, the most productive do have the most children. I wish upper class and rich people had children proportional to their money, since wealth has no other function than increasing reproductive success.
@hughtub Unfortunately, you totally miss the point. There are no white kids in the movie because nearly no white people are waiting for a great public education in Harlem- there are nearly no white students in Harlem! Also, the movie is about Charter Schools and about how defunct the public school system really is. Charters get better results with less money.
@asolina1970 charters are filled with students who want to be there, and are held to a contract. If they break the contract, they get kicked out. What a concept! Schools where parents and students are involved and held accountable, produce better results than schools where parents are absent and students don't care about consequences. If only public schools weren't punished for trying to do the very same things you praise charter schools for doing.
If people would just stop poppin out puppies all of the time expecting the government Messiah/ATM to come to their rescue maybe we could begin to solve this problem.
I believe in government sponsered population control, your income dictates how many children you can have. And for crack whores and such, if you dont clean up your act , "Forced Sterilization".
If people would just stop poppin out puppies all of the time expecting the government Messiah/ATM to come to their rescue maybe we could begin to solve this problem.
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I believe in government sponsered population control, your income dictates how many children you can have. And for crack whores and such, if you dont clean up your act , "Forced Sterilization".
justs ticks me offf = \ how abt NOT spenind 2,3 billion evry month on war and try putting it on edu 8-) hhhhmmmmsemmes smart and right ...no wait ohh yeha v need OIL -_- ASS LIICKING GOV!!!!! FUKIN TWATS.
@shawl63If people would just stop poppin out puppies all of the time expecting the government Messiah/ATM to come to their rescue maybe we could begin to solve this problem.
YoU Said
I believe in government sponsered population control, your income dictates how many children you can have. And for crack whores and such, if you dont clean up your act , "Forced Sterilization".
"The result has been sharply increased inequality in education and the creation of two separate and unequal school systems, one for the rich and privileged and another for everybody else." The above is from Think Globally, Privatize Locally: Public Education Is Under Attack Around the World
i dont understand how this has to do wit superman at all
HALODUDE287 10 months ago
@HALODUDE287 Yeh i dont get it man i tink dey is tryin to get veiws or somfin'?
wookiedestroyer101 5 days ago
It's sad to see child at this age facing the cold world that we living in. I think this lottery should not be for the respect of those who won't be picked up.
underzik2 10 months ago
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CyrusEastman 10 months ago
My youngest daughter was passing with good grades at public and parochial school yet scored low on standardized tests. I've been home schooling her for a little over a year and her improvement has been miraculous! I have to bounce around like a cheerleader and use manipulatives, but I'm amazed at the strides we've made. Best decision ever.
Missmarymac012 11 months ago
@TheJspyder136 Matisyahu is the artist
ThePreviewReviews 11 months ago
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In the 1960s Statistics showed those who 'dropped out' had an average I.Q. higher than those who stayed in the system. Elementary School prepared us for Jr High and J.H. for High School which got us ready for College where we got a paper to get a job to pay bills to pay others to work for us and pay funeral cost in advance. School kept us in Society which is far away from Reality. We weren't sure what LIFE was about but we all knew This is NOT where it's at ~ TEACHER, Leave those kids alone!
PeyoteSky 11 months ago
If it weren't for the "evil teachers' unions",
the "good, little children" would all go to the LIBRARY to STUDY and do their HOMEWORK!
They would also drink their milk and eat all their vegetables!
I'm still waiting for the T.V. reality show where Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, Michelle Rhee, Davis Guggenheim, et al. attempt to teach Remedial Math at a junior high in the inner-city!
Ha!
MsJanetWood 1 year ago
its called the dumbing down of america. so that those in power( the blue bloods) can stay in power. even the police force and army pick only people who will tow the line. do and not ask. the rich want to stay rich. so they keep poeple enslaved. controled and stupit. even the teachers dont know the answers. they cant control the kids. parents r not aloud to smack there children. and the goverment dosent teach right from worng. it uses punishment to control. and fear to keep u in line.
4gotten1s 1 year ago
When a 16 y.o. single mother who has had no education is pregnant with her 6th child, no system or education can do anything to really help that child!
boomtao 1 year ago
The song is called one day
FAA102 1 year ago
wats the song in the trailer called?
playten 1 year ago
i dont get the part about number 1 in confidence
playten 1 year ago
@playten I think it means they think they're are indestructable. Entitlement might also be something our kids are good at:(
letsallgoeatgrapes 1 year ago
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School is the biggest waste of time in the fucking world. I am 15, sophomore, I make mostly A's couple B's. I get up every morning tired as shit and go to school to learn absolutely nothing. I learn more on an hour session on Wikipedia than i do in a whole month of school. Every assignment i do is busywork and complete bullshit. No one learns anything from a wordsearch. I look around and i find myself engulfed by ignorance. FUCK IT ALL
monkeydanny123 1 year ago
@monkeydanny123 Actually... You are absolutely right. It's a waste of time and money. To take 12 years of school for you to learn the basics which are: reading, writing and math. Everything else you can learn on your own or in college. Maybe u should ask your parents about home school or something... IDK... Just try to enjoy school as long as u can though... meet people and stuff...
TRYCLOPS1 9 months ago
@TRYCLOPS1
Tell me how learning about the bristles of an earthworm is relevant in the big leagues when I have NO interest in being a biology major.
monkeydanny123 9 months ago
@monkeydanny123 Yeah... it's sad. There are classes in US schools that are so irrelevant, like French class... Who the hell needs to learn french unless you're studying French literature or you're going to visit France LOL. I think it's a pretty lame reason to learn a language just bcs it sounds cool. Spanish is more important since there are more places that speak Spanish and most ppl here speak Spanish anyway. School education needs to be re-designed for more efficiency and less time...
TRYCLOPS1 9 months ago
@TRYCLOPS1
HANDS DOWN BRO!
monkeydanny123 9 months ago
What ever happened to the Feynmans, Schwingers, Sagens, and Godels???
gvsfgdf 1 year ago
Bill Gates is lookin oooolllllddd.
gsig123 1 year ago
WÃTCH at GetMovie . Us ;)
WatchMovieOnlineHere 1 year ago
Hey Guys, there are 2 pretty good zeitgeist documentaries, we should DO something about this problem, now.
yoguely 1 year ago
Im sorry this is such Bullshit... This is Gods World Not Obamas world.
CasterTroy345 1 year ago
Education in America is about preserving the jobs of admin and teachers. Education is and always will be secondary to job security and preservation. Also, why did the biggest slackers and weed heads I went to HS with are teachers, cops, firemen, and mail men? It's not a hard one. The jobs that DO NOT reward talent are the ones that attract the dregs.
david4china 1 year ago
The real ugly truth is that it is all about money and power and as long as we keep the majority of society ignorant about it, nothing will ever change! As a human race we haven't evolved enough to create something greater than our crummy politics and superficial information. The real education would begin somewhere else!
gloriouspoetry 1 year ago
what the fuck ?
kelotuflaka 1 year ago
Sounds like my school. The only way we could get in my high school was by the lottery..I got in because the day before it was time to go back o school, someone dropped out && my name was picked
its a good school..pretty hard work, but I love it.. I'm glad I got in :)
Angelbaby7041 1 year ago
@connerkyle1 wavin flag
I8yourcookie5 1 year ago
funny how geoffrey canada sait either "kids are getting stupider"
I8yourcookie5 1 year ago
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Would you BLAME the POLICE OFFICER working in a HIGH CRIME AREA?
Would you BLAME the DOCTOR working in a hospital with a lot of SICK people?
Would you BLAME the LAWYER working with a lot of CRIMINALS?
Would you BLAME the BORDER PATROL AGENTS for all the ILLEGAL ALIENS that are crossing the border?
Would you BLAME the SOCIAL WORKER with a lot of WELFARE CASES?
NO? Why not?
Because there are other FACTORS beyond their control! STOP BLAMING THE TEACHERS!
DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
MsJanetWood 1 year ago
i really want to see this when it comes out. i thought of dropping out a couple of times but i stopped myself in believing in myself that i could do something and make a name for myself.
also i want to know wat song this is
TheUV123 1 year ago 2
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propaganda. what they dont tell u is that its not always the schools fault. its the environment the students live in. they dont show the stress children face out of school like when their parents are fighting and peer pressure from gangs. total propaganda
LilSham86 1 year ago
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This is from experience and from the heart of an ex-teacher (who would like to teach again); without this, no amount of money would help:
1) Instead of blaming the teacher - SUPPORT the teacher (this means don't automatically "defend" your child when they are being undisciplined, dear parent...).
2) Instead of idolizing the child - DEMAND MORE from the child; this shows the child you believe in him/her; if you demand little he/she will grow little.
MisterBlueSky1000 1 year ago
@MisterBlueSky1000 Why did ppl flag you over this comment? Ppl are stupid! You're completely right. We live in weird times my friend. Parents don't encourage any respect on their children, yet they expect the teachers to deal with their bad behavior. A teacher can do so much having to deal with all that crap. They blame the schools and yeah, some are pretty bad, but the students are not quality either. A kid is 7 years old and he doesn't even know how to talk? Are you kidding me?!
TRYCLOPS1 9 months ago
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This is from experience and from the heart of an ex-teacher (who would like to teach again); without this, no amount of money would help:
1) Instead of blaming the teacher - SUPPORT the teacher (this means don't automatically "defend" your child when they are being undisciplined, dear parent...).
2) Instead of idolizing the child - DEMAND MORE from the child; this shows the child you believe in him/her; if you demand little he/she will grow little.
MisterBlueSky1000 1 year ago
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This is from experience and from the heart of an ex-teacher (who would like to teach again); without this, no amount of money would help:
1) Instead of blaming the teacher - SUPPORT the teacher (this means don't automatically "defend" your child when they are being undisciplined, dear parent...).
2) Instead of idolizing the child - DEMAND MORE from the child; this shows the child you believe in him/her; if you demand little he/she will grow little.
MisterBlueSky1000 1 year ago
i thought this is a movie about superman O_O"
1stTeenSA 1 year ago
@1stTeenSA This movie is about so much more.
superASIANism 1 year ago
Teach Critical Thinking. Think outside the Box.
mskydolphin 1 year ago
its true i saw the paper it said how much did kids passo n there state test it was sad worst the last years
xman605 1 year ago
The roles of parent, counselor, police, form filler, advocate, healer, encourager, form filler, supreme example, secretary, peace maker, form filler, priest ( pastor-rabbi-imam-shaman...), motivator, and...teacher??...are all supposed to come together in one person (according to 'The System'). That would be The Teacher!
Talk about a Superman!!! No one person within any one system can measure up to those expectations! Teachers are supposed to be Superman, but The System is their kryptonite.
fortytworc 1 year ago 22
it pains me to hear that guy say stupider... not a word... it brings this trailer down
yoyodude68 1 year ago
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yoyodude68 1 year ago
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Progressive-Statist-Liberal-Socialist unions HATE free competition and work HARD to protect crappy teachers while punishing those teachers and schools who excel or want to excel. All to gain taxpayer money for the union bosses.
yakyakyak69 1 year ago
unions as always un levels the playing field and causes prices to rise .
wogdoggy 1 year ago
It is a teacher's responsibility to teach skills. It is a parent's responsibility to know their child, then find their child's passion in life, and provide support for that child to chase his/her passion. There is no money in schools for field trips (exposing kids to something other than mom and dad plopped down in front of a tv or fighting in the bedroom). There is no money nor requirements for physical education, an outlet for stress and energy for kids. There is $ 4 ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES
pearlfans 1 year ago
Teacher's Union = Bad Education.
Timmy0co 1 year ago
@Timmy0co If the answer was only as simple as the one who posted it seems to be.
fortytworc 1 year ago
@Timmy0co I agree. When I become a teacher, I may not end up in the public education system. Why? It is not because I don't want to teach the general population. In FACT my specialty is bilingual education. The system chokes you! It is terrible, and I am sorry but I would rather make 10k a year than join a teachers union. I would rather teach in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country and be paid in goatsmilk than be a part of that system.
Yuri92001 1 year ago
Education hell: producing illiterate obese small monster!
Learn from Singapore: bring back discipline & cane!
himalajan 1 year ago
I agree that teachers should be held to rigorous standards. One such way that you can raise the standards in a specific field is to raise the pay. Comparing teachers to doctors, doctors are paid such a high amount for a reason: they have a huge amount of education and there is a low acceptance of "bad" doctors. If we made teachers have more in depth education and then paid them according to their skill level, the standards would rise. All of the problems arise from money.
sillyratable 1 year ago
The fault with our educational system is not an easy one to place, but it can generally be based on the low amount of money schools have. It is a consistent statistic that schools with more of a tax base to support the district score higher on standardized tests and have a higher graduation rate. The one key thing that is killing our schools and the students in those schools is the lack of funding.
sillyratable 1 year ago
Yes parents are part of the problem. That can be solved by letting them keep their tax dollars that pay for their child's education. Then letting them decide what school they want to send their kids to. Then let THEM WRITE THE CHECK FOR IT. Then they would be interested.
traffety 1 year ago
I dont blame teachers!! these kids have NO respect for elders!! go to china and japan and worldwide and see how they dress act and talk!!!! they take education a nd knowledge seriously! these little lady gaga whores and sluts act like school is a freaken club, U HAVE NO RESPECT, KIDS WITH NO RESPECT WILL HAVE NO FUTURE! ghetto kids with no parents to teach them, white kids with drug addictions!! U WILL GO NOWHERE!
markee871 1 year ago
@markee871
Simple have voucher system.
Have strict rules for kids. They break them, they are out.
Dont call the after class, special attention, call it "class for stupid kids"
So many parents these days are taking out loans to send their kids to private schools that compete and have rules. Why, because public schools are a failure. Blame the school unions.
jabberwolf 1 year ago
@markee871 You know not everyone goest to school like its a joke. People do go to school to get an education. Open you fucking eyes!
CRAZYGUY2500 1 year ago
@CRAZYGUY2500 That should be true all the time. But it is not.
tallflower24 1 year ago
society should not make teachers accountable for everything that goes wrong with children education. There are a lot of factors that affect a child education. for instance SES plays an important role in student learning. if a child does not have the basic needs to survive, the student is most likely to do poorly in school or even drop out!! why arent politicians worrying much about our education system? because it is very convenient for the top 1 or 2 % to keep the rest of us uneducated.
lmarquez14 1 year ago
@lmarquez14
Why hold teachers responsible? Because private schools deal with it. They dont bother trying to help the trouble makers, they toss them out on their ass and call them stupid, and tell their parents they dont want them or their money.
Being rich doesnt get you educated. Discipline and consqequences does. It also gets you equality. THAT was what MLK was trying to teach from the beginning - not entitlement.
jabberwolf 1 year ago 3
@jabberwolf TO begin with I dont like calling anyone stupid, I believe that every kid is capable of learning and should be entitled to a good education! it is so funny that you talk about equality when you agree with tossing struggling students out of school...is that equality?
lmarquez14 1 year ago
@lmarquez14 - sadly, equality equals mediocrity. When it comes to intellect, we are not equal. Some people are smarter than others and should invest in them so that they can excel so that our nation can benefit from their genius. Dedicating excessive energy to the lowest common denominator makes us more compassionate but it is ultimately destructive to a society as a whole. Ref: Screwtape diaries: Epilogue
tallflower24 1 year ago
There are a lot of good teachers trying really hard to do their work, surrounded by the politics of the schools that at time do not support them in discipline and educating the parents who are children from broken families and broken schools too. Yes there are bad teachers, but to say that this is the only problem is wrong.Good teachers need the support of their principals and especailly of the parents, and at times parents are too busy dealing with very personal and social issues of their own.
BusTinTheBeaT 1 year ago
anyone know the song at 1:57
SHElBiiEx33 1 year ago
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woaiyazhouren 1 year ago
@SHElBiiEx33 Matisyahu - One Day
woaiyazhouren 1 year ago
@kesaonez Actually... I live in the netherlands: ( Top 3 list in education i noticed) And here kids are also listening to ipods and dressing the way they want. Nothing wrong with that. Mostly the parents brothers/sisters friends help the support a kid needs for education so they stay focused and know the importance of it themself to. But i am not concerned about the way kids dress up or the amount of discipline a kid have in school...
CashinOnlineGuide 1 year ago 2
@CashinOnlineGuide Well said
Artmarqy 1 year ago
@kesaonez I am more concerned about school systems and there education in general today! All around the world: Do these school systems really still WORK? To be more precise: Do they still really work for these kids to become successful in life, when making there effort to create a business, to become independent and so on and so on from TODAYS economy? Where the systems for a better future tomorrow for the next generation to come already... does NOT work anymore?
CashinOnlineGuide 1 year ago 2
@kesaonez So what i am saying is.. Is that school systems should be changed the way they are structured to work today and should teached kids a future for more independence and success in todays economy so your kid can..well surfive!. Because..Pfff.. Fokes..Really..Do you really think we will achieve a solution with a 70´s schoolsystems in a 2010 Economy thats screams unsecured future not being independence, job loss, economy crisis every 24/7 doing it the old way = get degree and work J.O.B.?
CashinOnlineGuide 1 year ago 2
Mjedallen, That is the reason parent put their children in school, IT IS YOUR JOB to teach them those things. Thats why you get your check. I practice with my children every night and I believe parents should help out, BUT some parents cant, and also what about the children with out parents?? You should RE-Write how you said that!
MommyOf4babys 1 year ago
Mjedallen, That is the reason parent put their children in school, IT IS YOUR JOB to teach them those things. Thats why you get your check. I practice with my children every night and I believe parents should help out, BUT some parents cant, and also what about the children with out parents?? You should RE-Write how you said the!
MommyOf4babys 1 year ago
I have worked in the district for 20 years. Go see this movie.
shampoovta 1 year ago
The reason every country is ahead of us is they have discipline in the system! This is never in discussion. They wear uniforms. Disciplined children!!!! Why can children walk around all day listening to a iPod that has songs full of profanity and that's ok as we know that's a major influence...no discipline. Horrible MTV shows are ok to influence children?????
kesaonez 1 year ago
@kesaonez in todays economy with these strengths every kid has unique to them selfs. Not just to get a degree to work there and there so that you can apply for that J O B! If that was possible a parent does not have to read that your kid is faired from a job YOUR KID... has worked SO HARD for to get his/her degree from that school system..Only to work inside a system/economy what in general does NOT work anymore! And remember people...
CashinOnlineGuide 1 year ago 2
@kesaonez I am talking about the latest 'economic crisis' and the countless of job losses we read in the newspapers each day! And we teach our children to work in that same system so history can repeat itself on our next generation? School systems should be teaching kids what there strengths are and how to become independent ( having a business or at least to produce a income what is stable) and SUCCESSFUL
CashinOnlineGuide 1 year ago 2
@CashinOnlineGuide The reason history repeats itself is because the liberals keep rewriting history. Secondly, economics should be a requirement to graduate! Most people have no clue about economics,. For instance, most people think this country is capitalistic when in fact it's crony capitalism which is why we are suffering from this economic crisis!
adelyn123 1 year ago 2
@adelyn123 Very well said. A good understandings on how the economy works today should indeed be a requirement for every kid or student today no matter what kind of background or education him/she follows. Because the future is looking grim in my opinion if you dont know that knowledge and you are not prepared but just kicked into today's economy with just a degree in your pocket thinking you can make a succesfull life today. You hit the nail there adelyn Thanks!
CashinOnlineGuide 1 year ago
Teachers have no power and children since the dawn of time dislike school, yet they have to do it cause it is their job to learn how to function in society. In the 1950's we were not failing oh why you say? Teachers were respected and children had disciple/Respect for themselves, teachers and society!!!!! That's why.....
kesaonez 1 year ago
@kesaonez A job back then in the 70´s begin 80´s was still a very stable way to have SECURE future and ENJOYABLE life...(Because the economy still worked and the school systems applied to that economy of the 70´s begin 80´s still worked!) But in TODAYS Economy... A Job stands for Just...Over...Broke! Because it can END Just like That! And if that is your or your sons daughter only income... GOOD LUCK!
CashinOnlineGuide 1 year ago 2
The reason every country is ahead of us is they have discipline in the system! This is Teachers have no power and children since the dawn of time dislike school, yet they have to do it cause it is their job to learn how to function in society. In the 1950's we were not failing oh why you say? Teachers were respected and children had disciple/Respect for themselves, teachers and society!!!!! That's why.
kesaonez 1 year ago
The reason every country is ahead of us is they have discipline in the system! This is never in discussion. They wear uniforms. Disciplined children!!!! Why can children walk around all day listening to a iPod that has songs full of profanity and that's ok as we know that's a major influence...no discipline. Horrible MTV shows are ok to influence children????? Teachers have no power and children since the dawn of time dislike school, yet they have to do it cause it is their job to learn how to
kesaonez 1 year ago
@kesaonez Ehm, most of the contry's that are listed do not have school uniforms :s! a few of them do... but most of them aren't
Himynameishoppus 1 year ago
@Creaganlvn a parent has their child for the first 4-5 years of their life...the PARENTS are a child's first teacher!!!! Children should have some basics before they go to school...some kids don't eve recognize their own name when it's written on their desk. That is the parents job to teach them their name, address, phone number, COLORS and how to hold a pencil/crayon. ARE YOU KIDDING ME with this response???? Teachers are not placing blame, they are asking parents to do their job too!!
kembleflynn 1 year ago
@valenjenn. You see that's the problem, it's all about the money with you teachers. Teaching should be act of love towards children not your retirement plan! If it was all about the money, teachers shouldve studied something else! So stop all your crying!
gilipoo 1 year ago
@gilipoo Of course it is about money, teachers need to make a living too. Saying teachers should not worry about money because they should instead be worried about helping their students is a very weak thought. If that should be the case, each person who has a job, especially someone with a job that helps others-say, a doctor- should not ask for as much money as they make because they should just enjoy the fact that they help people. That is the logic in your comment.
sillyratable 1 year ago
@sillyratable your view point is absurd. Private school teachers earn less and less benefits but the product is substantially better how can this be? Teacher unions make this argument in order to raise union dues and rally political support, please do not be naive
Palmettovmp1 1 year ago
@Palmettovmp1 What I mean is that there are some pretty dumb people who become teachers. People are drawn to that career because they wrongfully think it will be easy. They don't know what they really want to be, so they go for something that is easy to imagine as they have seen teachers their entire life. When I was in college becoming a teacher, I wanted the job because I wanted to make a difference.. Some students had no reason except that they thought they could get a job easily (how...
sillyratable 1 year ago 3
@Palmettovmp1 how wrong they were). If we were to make the teaching field more competitive by offering more money and holding teachers to higher standards, we would weed out the people who teach for the wrong reason. Think of it this way: If a person who would love to teach math has a better job opportunity & more money completing some sort of engineering degree, they will generally become an engineer as that salary can protect the lifestyle they want. We are losing great teachers to higher pay.
sillyratable 1 year ago
@Palmettovmp1 Most teachers, public and private are caring, conscientious, competent professionals. Private schools put out a better 'product' because they generally get to pick and choose better materials. Public schools have to accept all who come. Private schools don't have to accept the slow, the special needs, the problem students.
fortytworc 1 year ago 8
private schools are better schools because they are expensive. they don't just choose kids who they assume are perfect stepford kids. They only 'pick and choose' as you put it, wealthy children who can foot the bill of a decent education. They are better because they are not funded by property tax. Most public schools are funded by the neighborhood property tax, if you live in a poor neighborhood then you go to a poor school. period.
mpardueable 8 months ago
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mjedallen - while I do agree with you that parents are part of the problem, I also know in working with K12 schools thru my job, that many educators are just lazy and don't want to learn new technology. They're shortchanging these kids because they can't be bothered with Professional Dev. Instead, they complain to their tech directors when a new version of Inspiration or Kidspiration is brought into the school, because now they have to learn it. We live in a culture of lazy. Not acceptable.
betdafarm 1 year ago
mjedallen - while I do agree with you that parents are part of the problem, I also know in working with K12 schools thru my job, that many educators are just lazy and don't want to learn new technology. They're shortchanging these kids because they can't be bothered with Professional Dev. Instead, they complain to their tech directors when a new version of Inspiration or Kidspiration is brought into the school, because now they have to learn it. We live in a culture of lazy. Not acceptable.
betdafarm 1 year ago
Can't blame the kids. They're just kids.
Can't blame the parents. They send their children to be educated and once a child steps into a classroom, it's the teacher's responsibility to educate.
Public (government) education is a FAILURE.
Too many public school teachers are in it for the MONEY, not the kids.
Markus77x7 1 year ago
@Markus77x7 seriously? Do you have any idea how much money a public school teacher makes? I am a teacher and I am not the breadwinner in my family. Thank goodness because if I were, our family would be living paycheck to paycheck and struggling. If you aren't a teacher and have never worked in the education system, I think it's difficult for you to really understand. I would encourage anyone to shadow a teacher for a week and then see what your thoughts are on public education.
valenjenn 1 year ago
@valenjenn ok you get summer off almost all holidays and to not even stay that long during work hours between 7:30 to 6:30 p.m. wow thats in it for the money.
StuntedSnail 1 year ago
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OZZY5128 1 year ago
our teachers should be monitor more their are some really bad teachers in our public school and not doing good job at educating our kids for instance my son who was in pre k 4 at the time had a teacher who was sitting on her chair 90% of the time she was teaching. dont know if she was hurt or what but she should have been sent home until she got better rather then sitting down and pretending to teach kids need encouragement where was the participation
OZZY5128 1 year ago
The system does need change. The government should not be in charge of solving everyone's problems. It should be encouraging people to solve their own.
In the end, the system is the not the real problem, it's society and culture. Blaming the system is a scapegoat. No system is perfect. People are responsible for the problems. Parents need to be parents and start caring about their child's education. That's the bottom line. Strengthening our family values would be a good start.
jwlillie 1 year ago
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jwlillie 1 year ago
I work in the system and it's hard being a great educator when you have a 32 to 1 ratio, our budget is failing us and we are just trying to do our best with what we are given.
casy182 1 year ago
Blaming parents is useless. If you want parents to be better at preparing children for Kindergarten, then lets do something about it, but the cycle of poverty in this country is devastating in terms of outcomes for children. Our schools are broken as a system. There are many great teachers and many that are bad, but overall our schools fail the children who need them most.
genegeist 1 year ago
@genegeist great post!
usdragonflies 1 year ago
@genegeist It is not a cycle of poverty that is crippling our education. It is cycle of ignorance. Sanctioned ignorance...the kind that says it is okay to be dumb. It is okay to text all day and play video games all night. Kids in poverty have rescources available to them to learn, but the real handicap is to be born to stupid parents.
tallflower24 1 year ago
I live near Chicago. The state owes our school almost 2 million in funding (just this year). The system doesn't work without money, folks. 32 kids in a classroom doesn't work. Firing teachers doesn't work. You can add all the 504 plans and IEPs that you want... but with no funding, you're just making a bad situation worse.
We live in a society of endless second chances. Parents aren't held accountable for anything, and students laugh at consequences because they know they won't get expelled.
Aramis2000 1 year ago
How impressive!!! THE US....I live in CA but I am NOT I am proud with some of the actions Congress takes towards others futures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
strongwombyn 1 year ago
As a private school teacher, I can tell you first-hand that is this is a serious issue.
We get new students every year coming from local public schools who are in the 7th, 8th or 9th grade. These students often cannot read or write properly, or do basic math. This is in a middle class area, not inner-city.
All of the public school students we get have very notable deficiencies in education, discipline, and character that need to be corrected, and it's getting worse every year, not better.
Justintosh 1 year ago
I really want to see this movie. Hopefully the people that can make a difference will watch it as well. Children's education should be first - not corporations and ceo's. Greed has hurt our nation and especially our children.
djsienerth 1 year ago
@djsienerth This video had nothing to do with corporations or CEO's, or greed for that matter.
usdragonflies 1 year ago
I will definitely be seeing this film. It is unbelievable that we spend more per student than just about every other country, yet our students fall behind just about every other country. It is more than time we repeal public education. Every student should be important. All students should be taught based on their individual needs and abilities. Parents should have the freedom (disgusting I have to say that in America) to chart their childrens' educational course would make a huge difference.
johnswanagon 1 year ago
@johnswanagon I WOULD LOVE IT if parents had the focus to pay attention to their child's education! Chart it? They can't even find their way to the school for conferences and meetings. The average parent is useless. They don't pay attention, they don't do their part in the education process. Charter schools to most parents = the right to expect a different set of teachers to do everything. PARENTS are the most important people in a child's life, but most are barely involved in education.
Aramis2000 1 year ago
@Aramis2000 I think you hit the nail on the head. This public education system of ours has essentially allowed parents to cede their responsibilities over to schools. That is why I support ending public education. Too many people just want the government to take care of them and \assume that it will be done right. If people had to pick schools for their kids and pay directly, they'd change their tune real quick. All of sudden it would matter because it would be coming out of their bank accts.
johnswanagon 1 year ago
@johnswanagon That would never work because parents would just not send their kids to school if that was the case. This would only end in a even more uneducated country.
usdragonflies 1 year ago
There is no quick fix, and we can't expect all children to go to college. We need to start more hands on vocational programs that give children hope and more options instead of labeling them. We need a "back to basics"(reading writing and math) movement which will empower all children!
shashu1 1 year ago
Where are the white children? It's bad enough Bill Gates' scholarship is only for non-Whites, but this video almost entirely ignores white children. Public education costs $10-15k per year, 3x what it did (inflation adjusted) than the 1970s. Test scores haven't improved. We need to radically decrease funding, give it back to the taxpayers, and increase funding to private schools, which actually cost less than public schools and get better results.
hughtub 1 year ago
Are you avdocating for vouchers, becuase currently there is no public funding for private schools? Private school is between 500-1000 dollars per mo. or 6k - 12k per year much more than the 5k per year California gives per student per year. So, unless you can afford an elete private school or live in Marin, or Beverly Hills where public schools are great you get a crap education in your neighborhood school. The movie isn't about $ but educational change. Google Dr. Geoffry Canada and stupider!
asolina1970 1 year ago
@asolina1970 No, public schools cost over $10k on average, not $5k. In LA it's $30k per student.
hughtub 1 year ago
I want to be a Teacher and this movie is definitely a hit to my heart, i cannot wait for my days as a teacher especially in my small town
bigtunabeliever 1 year ago
"Stupider"?
Did that guy really just say 'stupider'?
Yep. We're FUCKED.
ToxicMonkies 1 year ago
@ToxicMonkies obviously we are since you don't know that "Stupider" is an adjective of the word "Stupid", but i think he shoudve used "more stupid" instead
Etnarizcrazy 1 year ago
@ToxicMonkies Haha! I heard him say that and I immediately looked at the comments to see if anybody noticed this. His statement is synonmous to saying, "Your a idiot."
eshudnow 1 year ago
this movie should be called: "THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
the government took over the educational system since the 1950's. since the take over the quality of education has gone down but the cost has gone up... before the government take over US was the smartest country.. today families are strongly depending on the government to randomly select their children to go to a better school and if they don't get selected they are going to die. ALL BULLSHIT!!!
EVER HEARD OF HOME SCHOOLING?
moctezuma112 1 year ago
It's not necessarily the education system that's broken...we need to start holding parents accountable too!! Children come to Kindergarten at the school I teach in not knowing their colors or even how to use a crayon! And we (teachers) are being blamed for it...that's what's broken!
mjedallen 1 year ago 18
@mjedallen A teacher who puts the blame of an uneducated child on someone else should not be a teacher.
usdragonflies 1 year ago
@mjedallen yes, you are right that parents need to be accountable, but thiers such a large percentage of un-educated parents who either work 4 jobs a day, or dont have have the knowledge to help. at the end of the day, teachers are hired to teach, not to talk about thier life, not to hold thier own sterotypes, TO TEACH. As a teacher, if your student fails, you fail, teachers and the public education system need to be held accountable.
SniperJanitor 1 year ago
@mjedallen Please stop passing the buck. It seems that you have forgotten your Job title or profession let me remind you (T.E.A.C.H.E.R) can you spell it with me? It’s true that parents have to get involved in the education of their childrens. Nevertheless, you are paid (very handsomely) to do a job. With the School Taxes that I pay every year ($6500) in my county, I expect results not excuses. Without the UNIONS backing you, some of you wouldn't last 3 weeks in the real world.
romeo2g 1 year ago
@romeo2g Have you ever being in a classroom teaching? it is very easy for you to say that teachers have forgotten their job title. what do parents do to help their children education? maybe you "participate" in your child education but think about other parents who do not provide kids with even the basic needs to survive. Teachers cant be parents and teachers at the same time!!... So please do not generalize! and one more thing: you pay taxes SO do teachers!!!!!
lmarquez14 1 year ago
@mjedallen. This is what a cycle of sanctioned ignorance does to a society. The parents of this child who doesn't know numbers and cannot hold a crayon was also failed by the public education system. We are pandering to the special interests of teachers at the expense of our children.
tallflower24 1 year ago
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iaaron123456789 1 year ago
@mjedallen First of all the schools are optional. As you can see what Michelle Rhee said she knows they are getting a crappy education. I'm a high school kid first of all. I move to different states because of my dad and him being in the air force, and from what I saw, kids are not getting stupid, it's the education system! The way the education system shows how the kids how to work and getting picked from a lottery to see if they go to a good school is just stupid. We have to take a stand NOW!
iaaron123456789 1 year ago
They want us all fat, unhealthy and dumb. They are winning. Lets stop fighting with eachother and start fighting for eachother!
ChicanoLA 1 year ago 15
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cutiemystic 1 year ago
Michael Jackson would love this
jedimastersmj 1 year ago
amazing. Love it.
kellyroxlikewoah 1 year ago
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@kellyroxlikewoah
Too many stupid people having too many kids overbudening the system, also parents not participating in childrens education. I believe in government sponsered population control, your income dictates how many children you can have. And for crack whores and such, if you dont clean up your act , "Forced Sterilization".
Is this on the fringe of government mechanisms
yournamehere321321 1 year ago
@yournamehere321321 In nature, the most productive do have the most children. I wish upper class and rich people had children proportional to their money, since wealth has no other function than increasing reproductive success.
hughtub 1 year ago
@hughtub Unfortunately, you totally miss the point. There are no white kids in the movie because nearly no white people are waiting for a great public education in Harlem- there are nearly no white students in Harlem! Also, the movie is about Charter Schools and about how defunct the public school system really is. Charters get better results with less money.
asolina1970 1 year ago
@asolina1970 charters are filled with students who want to be there, and are held to a contract. If they break the contract, they get kicked out. What a concept! Schools where parents and students are involved and held accountable, produce better results than schools where parents are absent and students don't care about consequences. If only public schools weren't punished for trying to do the very same things you praise charter schools for doing.
Aramis2000 1 year ago
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If people would just stop poppin out puppies all of the time expecting the government Messiah/ATM to come to their rescue maybe we could begin to solve this problem.
I believe in government sponsered population control, your income dictates how many children you can have. And for crack whores and such, if you dont clean up your act , "Forced Sterilization".
Is this on the fringe of government mechanisms?
yournamehere321321 1 year ago
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If people would just stop poppin out puppies all of the time expecting the government Messiah/ATM to come to their rescue maybe we could begin to solve this problem.
YoU Said
I believe in government sponsered population control, your income dictates how many children you can have. And for crack whores and such, if you dont clean up your act , "Forced Sterilization".
Is this on the fringe of government mechanisms?
yournamehere321321 1 year ago
justs ticks me offf = \ how abt NOT spenind 2,3 billion evry month on war and try putting it on edu 8-) hhhhmmmmsemmes smart and right ...no wait ohh yeha v need OIL -_- ASS LIICKING GOV!!!!! FUKIN TWATS.
ps anyone knws the song at the end? form 1 : 50
shawl63 1 year ago
@shawl63
The Song is called "One Day" from Matisyahu. Great Trailer, great Song.
LittleFellerBoy 1 year ago
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@shawl63If people would just stop poppin out puppies all of the time expecting the government Messiah/ATM to come to their rescue maybe we could begin to solve this problem.
YoU Said
I believe in government sponsered population control, your income dictates how many children you can have. And for crack whores and such, if you dont clean up your act , "Forced Sterilization".
Is this on the fringe of government mechanisms?
yournamehere321321 1 year ago
"The result has been sharply increased inequality in education and the creation of two separate and unequal school systems, one for the rich and privileged and another for everybody else." The above is from Think Globally, Privatize Locally: Public Education Is Under Attack Around the World
By Lois Weiner in the indypendent
Elin48 1 year ago
Remove the government factor and you'll see an improvement in the US public school...like that "No Child(Everyone) Left Behind Act"
DNATS 1 year ago
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bosco0825 1 year ago
yeah, I think I'll pass..I mean, especially after an inconvenient truth..that joke of a documentary..
regulatorzone 1 year ago
@regulatorzone Inconvenient Truth? What was it about?
Elin48 1 year ago
@Elin48 trust me, you don't wanna' know..it falls along the lines of conspiracy theories with none other then Al Gore..
regulatorzone 1 year ago
@regulatorzone Are you from the US?
Puttpig 1 year ago