Originally Posted by somewhereonearth
... background... attended public schools... worked almost 10 years in public schools, about 7 years in private schools (I have worked part time with one foot in each system)... issues as a former employee... Now, from my parental viewpoint...
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Originally Posted by ashley
... how the PS system is designed and works... they groom people for all kinds of futures because society needs the blue collar worker, the janitor, the burger flipper, the garbage man etc (several thousands of these) in addition to rock star CEOs, Presidents and scientists who win Nobels (we need very few of these). After pondering a lot on this, my theory is that the outliers are expected to help themselves using their innate talents and the system grooms people who are below average, average and above average to move on and fit into society's hierarchy. When you see the system working, you can get the feel that they educate the majority of kids to be mediocre (which is what the society wants) and the effort being put into the education is also mediocre.
You see what I see.