In todays society, teaching is so different from what it was not ten years ago. Marking standards, project quality, challenges, exams, and expectations of students has been decreased to the point of sheer mockery.
The first major point is marking standards. It is near impossible for people to excel in todays classes with the incompetent teachers of society giving marks to those undeserving and leaving no room for those who studied harder, put in more effort, or naturally have a gift in the subject that allows them to hand in work far superior to those handing in mere mockeries of the sort. What was once an 85% is now in the high nineties. If the teacher assumes you have met the general requirements or what was "maybe sort of kinda what they should be looking for", why not give a ninety! It is ridiculous the lack of effort required in order to pass classes these days with lazy teachers willing to let even the lowest achiever get passed to another teacher. I must quote the Incredibles by saying "once everyone is super, then no one is super." Higher achieving students no longer stand a chance to be the best and have it show when everyone is getting the same marks as them because teachers no longer care if you go above and beyond.
The second problem is examinations. Students, at least where I live, are given reviews that cover nearly the exact questions that can be expected to appear on their "exam." Also, during exams, students are no longer in large rooms mixed with students from all grades writing different exams. Now, students are in their classrooms rubbing elbows with another person in their class while a single teachers watches on. Supposedly, students are given strict time limits for when the exam must be finished. Supposedly. But how often is this truly enforced?
As much as I hate to say it, the world, teachers, politicians (*cough* Obama *cough*), are turning into communists. Everyone should get the same mark to be fair, and no one should be allowed to excel (hate for everyone else to feel less special now wouldn't we?) and money should be passed from hard working to the lazy, much like grades, so everyone feels the same (but that's an argument for another day.)
So let me know what you think. Has education truly fallen so far? Are the standards of excellence really this low? Comment below, and let the debates begin! (Although I would hate for the loser to feel bad of course.)
The first major point is marking standards. It is near impossible for people to excel in todays classes with the incompetent teachers of society giving marks to those undeserving and leaving no room for those who studied harder, put in more effort, or naturally have a gift in the subject that allows them to hand in work far superior to those handing in mere mockeries of the sort. What was once an 85% is now in the high nineties. If the teacher assumes you have met the general requirements or what was "maybe sort of kinda what they should be looking for", why not give a ninety! It is ridiculous the lack of effort required in order to pass classes these days with lazy teachers willing to let even the lowest achiever get passed to another teacher. I must quote the Incredibles by saying "once everyone is super, then no one is super." Higher achieving students no longer stand a chance to be the best and have it show when everyone is getting the same marks as them because teachers no longer care if you go above and beyond.
The second problem is examinations. Students, at least where I live, are given reviews that cover nearly the exact questions that can be expected to appear on their "exam." Also, during exams, students are no longer in large rooms mixed with students from all grades writing different exams. Now, students are in their classrooms rubbing elbows with another person in their class while a single teachers watches on. Supposedly, students are given strict time limits for when the exam must be finished. Supposedly. But how often is this truly enforced?
As much as I hate to say it, the world, teachers, politicians (*cough* Obama *cough*), are turning into communists. Everyone should get the same mark to be fair, and no one should be allowed to excel (hate for everyone else to feel less special now wouldn't we?) and money should be passed from hard working to the lazy, much like grades, so everyone feels the same (but that's an argument for another day.)
So let me know what you think. Has education truly fallen so far? Are the standards of excellence really this low? Comment below, and let the debates begin! (Although I would hate for the loser to feel bad of course.)
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