John Palmer9 said:Given how much the US tech job market is struggling right now, I guess we should probably let people with just a bachelor's degree teach computer science in schools, provided they actually follow the curriculum correctly.
Honestly, it doesn't even matter if they only have an elementary school degree—I mean, really. At the end of the day, what actually counts is whether they’re a damn good psychologist. That's the real thing. 😍
Larry Walker24 said:The second she said "I can't answer," it's obvious she already signed up.
Or, honestly, maybe she really just doesn't know yet. If they didn't even have a proper school board set up... I'm just sitting here crossing my fingers that my totally useless principal won't end up reporting us—because then he’d actually have to, you know, do some damn work and write up reports. But I can't be too sure if politics starts leaning on him, and he decides to sell us out just to snag a 25% raise or whatever perks the party promises in exchange for throwing us under the bus. I guess we won't find out until the end of the month.
Honestly, don't hold your breath. People have already asked them several times why they’re making up these nonsense rules about hot water when the Cleveland model works just fine—but they just keep spinning excuses. It’s pretty obvious what’s actually going on here: they just don't want to pay for two elementary school teachers when they can dump all that extra work onto one person for the exact same paycheck. From a teacher's perspective, if there's one thing to take away from this entire reform, it's this: they're basically trying to force double the workload on everyone without adding a single cent to our salaries.
Yeah, this is honestly the peak of it all. They actually took out a massive LOAN just to fund this whole circus—we're talking $27 million that they’ll be stuck paying off until 2058.
It’s not even like the European Union actually handed us any cash—instead, our own leaders just went out and racked up this massive mountain of debt. And now they're trying to shove this absolute disaster of a reform down our throats, all just so they can make us look like better little rule-followers for the OECD.
And don't even go there—that’s just how you end up blowing through cash instead of actually saving it. I guess Jerry Jones will just step in and explain the whole thing to you, right? He’ll show you exactly how to get those lazy workers back on track. ☕
Yeah, we’re talking about the big issues sitting right on the table—the stuff hanging over our heads—that we’ve honestly spent way too much time analyzing. Honestly, if they just made free after-school programs available for elementary students (with their own dedicated teacher, obviously) for anyone who actually needs it, that would be a massive leap forward.
And as for this whole nonsense about lacking mandatory instructional hours just so we can look good for the OECD—which, let's be real, we aren't even part of—well, there’s a simple fix. Just move preschool into the elementary schools. Voila! There go your 700 extra hours right there if they’re only doing 4 hours a day. And if you throw in an after-school program? Boom. Done. Now, sure, that requires a little bit of actual organization and hiring some people, but hey, instead of doing that, they could just sign a piece of paper declaring the first two years of high school "mandatory." Suddenly, you’ve got another 2,500 hours added to the curriculum instantly. We’d jump halfway up the ladder of whatever organizational standard we're supposedly trying to meet. Wouldn't that be just brilliant? 🤣
Honestly, I’m right there with you on this one. I swear, if I could just snap my fingers and get these kids to actually show up for after-school tutoring, it would be a total godsend—like, a literal miracle. And wouldn't it be great if I had a dedicated hour for every single grade level each week? Right now, I’ve got one measly hour to cover all four grades, and it’s just... well, it's a mess. If everyone from every grade actually showed up at once, I’d be running around like a maniac trying to keep up—but if I only get one student from each class, I’m basically just sitting there staring at an empty room for forty-five minutes. It's pretty ridiculous, really.
Susan James said:Kids older than 9 or 10 aren't going to see any real benefit from this setup.
What we actually need is guaranteed after-school tutoring for every student who needs it—especially those teachers who basically mandate attendance or threaten them with unexcused absences if they don't show up. The schedule shouldn't just depend on how many regular classes a teacher happens to have in their rotation.
And we definitely need to provide extra support for subjects where teachers are sending kids off to compete. It shouldn't be a situation where kids are teaching themselves while the teacher just signs the paperwork because someone has to. It would be wonderful to have elective enrichment programs focused on deepening knowledge (regardless of competitions). In my opinion, these shouldn't even be strictly divided by grade level; they should be based on interest and talent within a specific school district.
So, what you're saying is that someone already stuck with a 23-hour weekly teaching load should also somehow find the energy for another 4 hours of tutoring per grade? Plus these extra electives? I honestly don't know who would agree to that... I mean, if you dump 27 or 28 hours of teaching on one person, how are they supposed to do a good job, especially if they're juggling 7, 8, or even 9 different programs? It just seems impossible.
rowdypanther12 said:@Susan James, they used to be more organized about high school admissions back when a 4.5 GPA was the standard 😁 A friend of mine managed to get into her preferred prep school with a 4.4 😁
I mean, let's be real—not every parent goes absolutely overboard trying to force their kids to be straight-A geniuses. Not everyone spends a fortune on private tutors, or tries to pull some shady stuff to buy grades through local ads, or starts threatening teachers to get a better mark...
I mean, just imagine being assigned a mentee who’s basically a lost cause—someone who just won't listen or can't grasp the simplest things... you're basically set up for failure from day one! And then, to top it all off, people have the nerve to point fingers at you when that mentee fails their next evaluation. Seriously, if you couldn't get through to them, why on earth would anyone expect me to be any different?
I can still vividly recall those times back in elementary school when teachers would just sentence the entire class to extra help sessions for English or math—simply because most of the kids were failing. everything, myself included, even though I actually pulled an A. So there I’d be, just sitting there like a statue, forced to go over stuff I already freaking knew at a snail's pace. Honestly, I hated them all during those days—both the classmates who couldn't get it together and the teacher for making me stay an extra 45 minutes after school just because they were being slow. 🤦
It’s kind of wild, but nearly 30 years later, I’m still a little salty about all that wasted time. (Though, okay, don't mind me—I’m clearly one of those people who still holds a grudge from preschool. 🤣 ))
Man, honestly, this is just classic—people always want a massive production on a tiny budget. It’s like they don't even realize that even the education system follows that old Balašević logic of "we played better than we were paid for"—so if they had their way, they'd pay next to nothing and expect a full symphony orchestra to show up.
So, they get an A2 level, right? And the poor souls stuck actually doing the work have to juggle three different things at once—handling the add-ons, managing the supplements, and then somehow finding time to write up all the assignments. It's a mess.
Honestly, I am definitely not working like that for that kind of money. They’ll probably end up with this weird, endless school day where they’re basically being assisted by high schoolers who couldn't make it through graduation or even get into college—just hanging around until they stumble upon a job with actual, normal hours.
If they raise the standards so everyone is expected to hit 20 hours of pure, straight classroom instruction for full-time status—man, what a mess. It’s going to be total chaos. You'll have some teachers grinding away at 26 or 28 hours because they're stuck teaching math and English plus all those mandatory enrichment programs, while others will be forced to bounce between three different schools just to scrape together enough hours to hit their full-time requirement. Honestly, it feels like hardly anyone is actually going to manage to hit full-time at a single school under this setup, unless you happen to be a math or language teacher.
Look, you aren't going to end up with two different sets of standards—you know as well as I do that the only way anything from CDŠ actually integrates into the general system four years down the road is if we just raise the bar for everyone across the board.
And honestly, Liliana Vance is easily one of the worst—she’s basically leading the charge in this long line of people absolutely gutting the American education system.
As for Fucky, if he hadn't completely fumbled everything, he actually might have been remembered as one of the more decent ministers... I think I might have even overlooked that whole mess with those grading regulations from his last term—but nooo, of course he had to go and blow it all right at the finish line.
It's funny, because in all my years working, the school system actually felt like it was running smoothly during those few months when the previous administration collapsed and we were stuck without a minister. It was such a relief to just get work done without the constant chaos—it actually made me want to start a petition or something, arguing that if you appoint ministers who don't have any actual background in education, you'll end up with an Education Department that doesn't even have a leader left to run it.
They’re going to implement these 20-minute "recess breaks"—and honestly, nobody has any clue who’s actually supposed to be watching them or how this is even going to work—so it’ll probably just turn into total chaos in the hallways. You'll have the little kids running around like headless chickens while the older students try to defy the laws of physics by cramming fifty people into a three-stall restroom at once.