US education system - ain't it a biatch?

[Chankama]

Ah the wonders of the Iraqi war. I hope not too many TF members are too poor............

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion...5706581.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials

THERE ARE FEW SURER WAYS to increase the gap between rich and poor than by making higher education more expensive. Yet Congress is poised to do just that. Current budget plans would deal federal student loan programs their most painful setback since their inception, limiting the opportunities for those at the lower end of the economic spectrum to build a better life.

The House last month voted to slash funding for federal student loan programs by $14.3 billion, reversing decades of expansion that have helped open the country's most expensive universities to poor and middle-class students. The House's cuts would add about $5,800 to the average $17,500 student loan debt, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

And of course, we can't forget about the wonderful High School teachers!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...ec09,0,4335486.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed

Most districts don't even bother trying to dismiss underperforming teachers, according to the investigation. Only 7 percent of school districts made an attempt to fire a teacher in the last 18 years, and only two-thirds of those districts were successful. It costs on average $100,000 to go through the bureaucratic maze of firing a teacher. If a hearing officer finds a single mistake on any of the dozens of forms required, he's likely to toss the case.

In one case, an East St. Louis assistant principal impregnated a 14-year-old at his school. Even though a DNA test determined with more than 99 percent certainty that he was responsible, a local tenure hearing officer ruled that to be insufficient evidence for dismissal.

Yes, the state could find ways to make it easier to remove bad teachers. But beyond that, there is no compelling reason to keep the tenure system in public schools. It doesn't protect good teachers. It protects incompetent ones.

Wow.. Just wow..

 

[GameGURU]

Yeah, wonderful...I am going to college next year and this is how I get greeted, man I am getting sick of this.

I am turning into a Socialist...

BTW Chankama- If I am getting the gist of your sig...that's raunchy.

 

[Chankama]

BTW Chankama- If I am getting the gist of your sig...that's raunchy.

lol.. You should see the actual scene from Deuce Bigalow (sp).. That was one nasty fat woman.. haha

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Even in Canada it's hard as hell and rare to remove a teacher or a principal.