Originally Posted by CBreezy

See, that's the problem. MAGA is antagonistic. The entire premise of the movement is to get in people's faces and generate a negative reaction. It isn't about "making America great again" and to claim it is being intentionally obtuse. The kid was wearing it solely because he KNOWS people find it offensive. And taking the opinion of a 15 year old claiming he was berated is absurd. You could tell a 15 year old to clean his room and they'd pretend like you asked them to cut an arm off.

You are taking very limited anecdotes and projecting them across the entire system. It couldn't be that the system has been under attack for decades and that it is perpetually underfunded and overly scrutinized. Or that the main recruiting tool is not money but "passion.". And to claim that "back in the day, all the teachers were neutral" is also absurd. When I went to school, teachers routinely encouraged students to attend religious gatherings with them. Does that sound neutral to you? I don't know why I asked. I'm sure it does.

And every school I've visited or read about in the past few years, their main advertisment was how good their STEM program is. Not sure why you think high schools are pushing social justice over stem.

Originally Posted by AF OneWire

The US ranks 4th in the world in spending per student, pretty much the exact opposite of underfunded.

It is also full of teachers who are more concerned about spreading their political doctrine (on both sides).

Originally Posted by DogPit

The amount of utter stupid in the above paragraphs is why public schools have failed us.

Originally Posted by DogPit

The amount of utter stupid in the above paragraphs is why public schools have failed us.

Originally Posted by AF OneWire

The US ranks 4th in the world in spending per student, pretty much the exact opposite of underfunded.

It is also full of teachers who are more concerned about spreading their political doctrine (on both sides).

Originally Posted by CBreezy

The US spends more then pretty much every country but its teachers make 68% of what other college educated professionals in the US make. Becoming a teacher in some of the countries with the highest outcomes is very competitive.

Originally Posted by PNWFlyer

Teachers unions are about money and power. Screw them.

Originally Posted by AF OneWire

The US ranks 4th in the world in spending per student, pretty much the exact opposite of underfunded.

It is also full of teachers who are more concerned about spreading their political doctrine (on both sides).

Originally Posted by symbian simian

The US also spends more per patient than any other country in the world for healthcare. And the results aren't good.

Teacher salary in the states is bottom of the barrel, and they are expecting them to pay for school supplies. The high school football coach makes good money though...

Originally Posted by symbian simian

The US also spends more per patient than any other country in the world for healthcare. And the results aren't good.

Teacher salary in the states is bottom of the barrel, and they are expecting them to pay for school supplies. The high school football coach makes good money though...