Back, But In A Different Direction...

I’m back. Following a lengthy hiatus, seven years to be precise, I’m speaking out again. This time, however, I’ll steer more toward educational concerns in the hopes that someone out there will hear my voice (well, read my words), give credence to what I say, and use it to help improve student learning, and maybe the world as a whole. A lofty goal, but why not?

Public education in this country has taken an unfortunate turn, and in my professional opinion, many young people are being set up for failure. Students are being allowed to behave in the most abhorrent and disrespectful ways with little or no consequences. Failure rates are at all-time highs, and yet students are still being awarded diplomas by schools whose main focus is to “improve graduation rates.” Once these same students try to enter the workforce or higher educational institutions, they fail miserably because they’re unprepared. They’re conditioned to think they’ll get anything they want just by showing up.  Sometimes they don’t even show up, and yet still expect the world to fall at their feet. 

Most people want to blame the generation known as “millennials” for the problems we’re  now faced with. But how can they be blamed for doing as they were taught, for doing whatever they were allowed to get away with? Shouldn’t previous generations bear some responsibility? 

More to follow in my next blog...