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Originally Posted by Bodhisattva  Mainstreaming...
You HAVE to love it! 
Your mom got the raw end of that deal.
I am amazed at the politicians/publics political calling for ALL kids to be educated.
WReality check...society does not need, nor are all kids capable, of being college grads seeking professional careers.
Many kids are simply not capable...
Many kids are simply not motivated... |
You need to keep in mind what public education is about.
It's about these fundamental ethics problems.
1. A significant percentage of children have shi* for parents, and basically shi* for a life. Horrible peers, violence, drugs, sex, abuse, poverty, etc. They did not choose this.
- So, a public education system at least gives some chance for all children to pull themselves out of that horrible situation they were placed in. We do not choose when we are born, where, who to, etc. But we can recongize that some children got the short end of the stick. I was fortunate in a white middle class, educated household. Where in the F would I get off telling other kids to shape up? I had it EASY.
2. Education leads to better and more productive citizens, less crime, etc. The overall cost of education should be lower than the productive impact those educated citizens make. It's economics, it's not welfare.
3. An educated society is required to maintain a relatively stable, working democracy. If everyone is an ignorant sheep, with no power, power will find them and enslave them, and democracy will go away.
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Why are teachers "forced" to teach kids that are such?
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They aren't. His mother can quit any time she wants. The reality is that some people, not his mother, decided who will and will not be taught. If she doesn't agree, OK, but that has nothing to do with being forced. We all disagree with our superiors, even if that "superior" is ourself.
It's not that the ideal of saying "we'll only teach kids that want to be taught" isn't compelling. It's just not useful unfortunately. A democractic, law-abiding society is not the norm, it takes a lot of effort and struggle to maintain it, and some of that is felt by teachers on the front line. I'm not saying there isn't a better way, but instead why it's there, and that a struggle is not enough to make it wrong.
-Mach