(December 18, 2013 at 6:09 am)JohnCrichton72 Wrote:(December 16, 2013 at 1:02 pm)TheBeardedDude Wrote: But the issue here is that you are training kids at the K-12 level to attain high grades and not a better education. Don't get me wrong, I understand the value of A-F as far as an evaluation of your level of knowledge, but grades seem far too artificially inflated.
Not really, the system itself is fine. The problem appears to be, if I may be so bold, that teachers have had to much pressure put on them to train children to achieve high grades.
If it didn't matter that half of your class flunked the grade itself would be more sought after, the pass rate is being artificially bloated via dubious teaching methods. You are being asked to do more with less, and they aren't so much asking as threatening your livelihood and turning a blind eye.
The fact that it's normal to teach students how to pass an exam instead of educating shows this. When I first seen it in A level bio chemistry I was heart broken, basically took all of the competitive spirit out of the game. Made trying to get a good grade next to impossible, it just stopped meaning anything.
Worse still the higher up, the worse it gets. People spending the best part of a decade on PHDs............ WHY !?
ignore this please, I completely misread everything Mr.Beard said in my sleep deprived state. Then proceeded to rant.
