(06-14-2017, 09:37 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(06-14-2017, 08:37 AM)FBT Wrote: I mentioned the same thing earlier in this thread.  This culture you're referencing is a generational thing, and this apathy can and does spread to some of the teachers and administrators. They have given up on trying to reach these kids.  It's a cancer.

So we send these kids to private school, and how long does it take for those teachers and administrators to give up on these kids?  

The problem of failure that stretches from one generation to the next and to the next has no simple solution, but at some point, it has to be driven home to the people who continuously fail that there are consequences for failure.  The opportunity is there if the motivation is there.   And failure to seize that opportunity must have consequences.

You missed my point completely.  The parents who honestly don't care aren't going to be pushing to take advantage of opportunities to improve the situation for their kids, so the odds of them sending their little angels to private schools is slim to none.  In many cases, unfortunately, these parents only see their children as a pay check and nothing more. 

I agree that there need to be consequences for failure, both for the people who continuously fail, AND the schools that do as well.  The only thing that's going to motivate a failing school effectively is competition. For the kids, government indoctrination centers are not the hub for motivation. That needs to start at home. Unfortunately, our society today has been more fixated with trying to destroy the nuclear family than propping it up, and if you really want to fix what's wrong with education today, you have to start in the homes. That's the only way you're going to break the cycle.

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