StealThisSheen posted...
You actually think we don't have many people trying to become teachers.
I don't even know what to say.
What I'm saying is that if we make teaching attractive to everyone, then smart people (rather than just more dumb people) will start trying to become teachers too.
And a big part of the problem is that it's, like, impossible to fire a teacher. You should be able to replace a teacher with a better teacher with very little effort.
The Real Truth posted...
Uh, art is a pretty damn broad and important subject to teach.
Why is it important to teach it, though? All I hear is THAT it's important, but not WHY. Only a precious few people will ever use any of their art education. No one I know has learned anything in any of their arty-type classes except people who are or were in college studying art.
MaridaCruz posted...
While you're at it, why not get rid of literature classes as well. English classes should just teach grammar.
All we need is Math, science and language. Who needs a well-rounded education
SovietOmega posted...
Yeah, down with creativeness expression! And english...who reads books anyways. That can go too. Math? We have calculators these days. Why bother having school at all?!
Robazoid posted...
School should consist of teaching kids how to deep fry food at McDonalds. At least until some smartass PHD kids from India make a robot that can do that too.
No one is saying any of that. We're talking about classes that are already considered unimportant (no school I've ever heard of requires more than a year of art) and that teach skills that are almost completely non-transferable to other classes or (for the vast majority of kids that don't go on to work in an artistic field) the real world.
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