LogFAQs > #976895561

I've been diving into this topic lately and it seems horrible. I originally thought it was just Teachers weren't being paid enough. Obviously that's true but I'm hearing things like the schools are afraid to fail students, that 7th and 8th graders can only read or do math at a 4th grade level, that no one gets has respect for the teacher, that if you call their parents about the kid's discipline issues that you would get yelled at for telling their kid what to do, etc., etc.

Is it really that bad? If it is, what can even be done? I can think of some things that can help but not help the discipline issues and the parents refusing to do anything. It sounds like a complete shit show compared to how most of us on CE grew up in school.