The Education System
Kids should want to learn. That's fundamental. No kid is going to gain a great deal from an education they don't want. Of course, we have to convince kids in this country to want an education usually, since we offer the ability to get a good one. Everything that is available is usually taken for granted.
I'm not sure about the future of education though. I certainly think there is too much red tape and way too much in terms of abuse of the educational system on both ends. Teachers with "special" students. And plenty of students and parents lynching teachers with false accusations because the teacher just plain doesn't like their kid.
But the other thing that bothers me are new teachers. Young teachers. It was at one time that being a teacher was a prestigious thing. That you did it because you were of a certain, we'll say, caliber. Teachers somewhat like you see in movies sometimes. Calm, rational, intelligent, very clearly educated and better than you. Semi-god-like.
Now we have cool teachers. They're hip. They like your music. They listen to it. They are horribly flawed, they show it all the time. It's now the badge of honor to be flawed. They don't really even care that they are often times. They are all elitists without being elite. They are snobs with no code. They are utterly stupid and horrible role models but they certainly like what they do far more than those old stuffy teachers seemed to.
I guess I belong to a different view. One that believed that any teacher didn't just teach their subject, but also taught self-discipline. That it was all about making people be better humans. I have a hard time hiding my disgust for modern young teachers. I see some people agree with me, young and, well, I don't want to say old, how bad would that make me feel? Let's say, aged....hehehe.
I wonder what other people think. What the counter-argument is to being a hip teacher. I think some might say that it might convince kids to like being educated or want to be a teacher. I don't think we should have to kowtow to the demands of the students to get them to learn. Who is really teaching whom then?