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A  teacher in the USA school system should have the chance to visit schools in Europe where parent participation is infinitely greater than here and teachers are never allowed to let the students pull their chairs together and sleep through the class, as is allowed in the local Waldorf School. And they throw 30 lb book bags across the room.

This tolerance for lousy practices leads to low acceptance into decent colleges, something that plagues many private schools in this country. There seems to be a tendency to let things go because the parents have enough money to set their kids up in business.

(I am not available for further comment because practices I dont accept in schools where I may have to teach would never review my application.)

posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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