[lbo-talk] School Debate: Central Focus

[Wojtek S]

Doug: "The way other countries do this is the teacher gets the degree
and learns to teach via something like apprenticing for quite a while
with a master teacher."

[WS:]  That is soooo un-American.  It takes the management out of the loop.

Another point.  Why is there so much attention paid to the teachers in
this whole school debate, aside the obvious union busting agenda?  If
there is a problem with the educational system in the US of A, it
certainly is NOT caused by the teachers and their teaching credentials
or lack thereof.  It is caused by the "students being unavailable for
instruction" (as it is called in the educational system lingo.)  We
may argue what is the root cause of this unavailability - but it
certainly is NOT the teachers.  I am generally unsure about most
things in life, but I am pretty damn sure about this one.

Wojtek