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A Teacher Is Quitting The Job Because Schools Don’t Let Kids Fail Anymore

A Teacher Is Quitting The Job Because Schools Don’t Let Kids Fail Anymore

In recent years, teachers have been expected to do more with less and less: fewer resources, less support, even less authority. However, for one teacher, her breaking point was solely about grading. After schools have all but abandoned consequences for skipping class and failing grades, she says that her personal values no longer align with the goals of the education system, and the only choice for her is to stop teaching. Kids are no longer accountable for their performance or their behavior. Students don’t need to apply themselves to pass, and that means teachers aren’t really teaching anymore. A teacher is quitting her job because schools are no longer allowing kids to fail. Torie Fowler, a high school English teacher living in Florida, posted a video explaining exactly why she’s choosing to leave teaching, and it’s because of a newer education concept called “course recovery.” These are programs where students who are struggling in their classes can make up credit through online coursework that is condensed to a few weeks. She specifically mentions one senior …

Teacher Asks What’s The Point Of School When All Her Students Aspire To Become Streamers

Teacher Asks What’s The Point Of School When All Her Students Aspire To Become Streamers

An elementary school teacher took to Reddit to share her frustrations with her students, but she actually thinks all of the problems come from their unrealistic career aspirations. She argued that she and her husband, a high school teacher, can barely get their students to engage with their schoolwork because they simply think they don’t need to learn. Instead, they all believe they’ll become streamers or influencers and never need academic knowledge again, which has left her wondering why she’s even doing her job anymore. The teacher said that ‘influencer culture [is] destroying children.’ “I teach elementary and my husband teaches high school,” she said in her post on the r/Teachers subreddit. Apparently, the age difference doesn’t affect students’ interest at all. “In both schools, it’s a fight to get children to read or pay attention.” Monstera Production | Pexels A question her husband posed got her thinking. “On Friday, my husband asked a group of students (16-year-olds) who refuse to do any work and are failing, what are they going to do when they …