Reply #40: Well, there's one thing that the right is very good at, and that is... [View All]

...giving people someone to blame for their troubles. Generically, this scapegoat is the liberal or the Democrat. In terms of education, the scapegoat is the teacher. Almost never do we hear anyone suggest the responsibility for the child's education should be borne by the parents, and even rarer still is the idea that the kids themselves should be held responsible.

Education is difficult. It takes a series of good teachers with textbooks and materials, and the teachers need to be held accountable. It also takes parental involvement, which has gotten less prevalent since our corporate masters decreed both parents need to work (by driving down wages). And it takes a committed student. If any of these three fail, the whole process fails. This is mere common sense; it's self-evident. But all you need to do is give people someone to blame, and then they don't have to feel guilty. Both parents can keep working and whatever they say, the powers-that-be fully know productivity is where wealth comes from.

Do Americans hate teachers? No, Americans scapegoat teachers. Slightly different.