I've taught elementary and middle school for 20 years. The system is essentially rigged against kids who don't fit the mold, whether they're exceedingly bright or slow. There is not enough emphasis on creative problem-solving, entrepreneurial skills, or on working with the hands -- skills like building things with Lego or woodworking, fixing and maintaining machines, cooking, etc. There's also waaaaaaaay too much sitting, and too much indoor learning.
If you can homeschool your kids, do it, and (although some of you will disagree that not everyone can homeschool) if you can't, get on those school boards and fight for what I'm advocating, immediately after you clean up the woke garbage.
I love all the bright ones who don't fit the mold, and they are certainly better off with me than with Mrs. Normie in the classroom next door, but the system handcuffs me, and it's frustrating and heartbreaking. I've been dreaming of starting a private school for many years now, but I don't have the means to do it.
I've taught elementary and middle school for 20 years. The system is essentially rigged against kids who don't fit the mold, whether they're exceedingly bright or slow. There is not enough emphasis on creative problem-solving, entrepreneurial skills, or on working with the hands -- skills like building things with Lego or woodworking, fixing and maintaining machines, cooking, etc. There's also waaaaaaaay too much sitting, and too much indoor learning. If you can homeschool your kids, do it, and (although some of you will disagree that not everyone can homeschool) if you can't, get on those school boards and fight for what I'm advocating, immediately after you clean up the woke garbage.
I love all the bright ones who don't fit the mold, and they are certainly better off with me than with Mrs. Normie in the classroom next door, but the system handcuffs me, and it's frustrating and heartbreaking. I've been dreaming of starting a private school for many years now, but I don't have the means to do it.