It doesn't really matter whose fault it is to me... the end result is the same. Why would I put my kids into a broken system?
The quality of education that I got 15-odd years ago is different from what iis available now. I was in all day gifted programs, in a mixed age group class, with two passionate teachers who didn't teach like the others. Gifted was a great experience for me, and I have no doubt our youngest would do great in it....but its not around anymore. it was terminated as a program two years after I moved out of the county.
FCAT is total bullshit. I will make sure none of my kids have an education that revolves around it.
FCAT is bullshit. It's repetitious crap that doesn't promote critical or logical thinking. It also removes a well rounded education from the table because a teacher is forced to spend so much time preparing the kids for something that will have so little impact on their abilities outside of school. I can remember all kinds of routes one could take in school that were available because educators (prior to bureaucracy taking over completely) knew no two kids were alike. Different avenues were there...ready to enhance, cater to, and help a child explore paths that perhaps they weren't even aware of.
Vocational, higher learning, jobs programs, arts, ect., ect. When you rubber stamp education, you're eliminating or terribly stalling a child's potential...because there is no one set "mold" that extracts and demands the best of ALL students. It's pure fantasy.
