tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post455893790711655748..comments2024-03-13T16:06:11.396-05:00Comments on the anti-soma: Education problemsHeroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-19860111843639989002014-03-07T20:41:25.373-06:002014-03-07T20:41:25.373-06:00I'm just hoping I can hang on until my other h...I'm just hoping I can hang on until my other half gets his CPA and gets a job that can support us all. I have no illusions about "retirement" age.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-59727307270382647912014-03-07T15:11:48.630-06:002014-03-07T15:11:48.630-06:00The problem, as I see it, is that educational &quo...The problem, as I see it, is that educational "administration" is constantly having to justify its existence. So change-for-the-sake-of-change becomes the norm, and it doesn't matter if something works, it has to be changed, because the only way the educational bureaucrats get to write papers and justify their paychecks is by telling the people who are actually teaching that they're doing it ALL WRONG and they need to change.<br /><br />I've seen some of the changes you refer to - increasing micromanagement, across-the-board zero-tolerance application of "rules" that don't actually apply in some situations, increased busywork paperwork loaded on the profs and instructors.<br /><br />Like you, I love teaching. (Unlike you: I get a fairly generous paycheck and benefits). But yeah, there have been plenty times these past couple years where I've wondered, "Can I keep doing this until it's time for me to retire, with all the changes that are happening?" <br /><br />What would it take to improve education? A big chunk would be the government just butting out. (Another big chunk would be the parents who don't give a crap actually giving a crap whether their kid learns something or not. And another big chunk would be allowing teachers to expel the chronic disruptive or borderline-violent students)rickihttp://ranting-ricki.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com