Educators in Name, a Cartel its Game
Parimal
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Doesn't it seem odd that despite the capability of providing at least $400,000 yearly per classroom, students do not seem to be doing any better when it comes to their schooling? What is the education system doing about it? Any way one looks at it, there is just something very wrong with the situation. Is it an education cartel, perhaps?
The statistics point to a very alarming result. At least three-fourths of high school kids who make it to college need to attend remedial courses in order to cope up. However, there is a deeper story as to how the current public school system contributes to this sorry state. As it is, the picture is not pretty at all.
A saying goes that the youth are the hope of tomorrow. However, there is a small problem with this particular statement. How can there be a tomorrow if the youth aren't well equipped enough to handle the challenges ahead because of sub-standard schooling? It makes for a very provocative thought indeed.
The culprit here is the New Jersey Education Association. The group is primarily a teachers' union with the noble task of molding the minds and the educating the youth in public schools across the state. It wields considerable political influence and it has massive influence. One would think that proper education would be the focus but sadly, it is not. This union acts in ways that show it to be only after personal enrichment using state funds and to perpetuate generations of students who will always lack a good education. This despite increasing funds allotted for the improvement of learning curriculums. It seems the funds have only proceeded into the pockets of an unscrupulous few in the group.
There has been news of how one of its members has been grossly paid beyond acceptable means. A job as a school district secretary is by all means a reasonable position but there's something wrong if the pay received amounts to approximately $180,000 yearly. The amount is enough to raise eyebrows but the reason is even more shocking because it was done due to the influence of the educational cartel.
Students with their bright and inquisitive minds cannot hope to thrive in conditions such as these. Even incompetent teachers cannot be sanctioned, much less replaced, because the union is coddling them. On the other hand, good teachers and idealistic educators are being harassed and challenged because they will not conform to this shoddy system. Some have had to face dismissal from their jobs for doing what was right.
Disheartening isn't it? When educators who stand for what is right for the students are systematically removed what hope can there be for the existing educational system? It is a type of corruption that prioritizes personal profit over nation-building and improving lives.
However, not all is lost. There are charter schools whose mission is to uplift the quality of education and they have done a consistently good job in outperforming the state-run district schools. One would think they would be receiving better state or government support for their efforts but the sad case is the opposite. The very same educational bureaucrats make it hard for these charter schools to progress any further simply because they are a threat to their well-entrenched positions. At this rate, more young minds will continue to languish in substandard education unless the tax-paying public does something about this.
The statistics point to a very alarming result. At least three-fourths of high school kids who make it to college need to attend remedial courses in order to cope up. However, there is a deeper story as to how the current public school system contributes to this sorry state. As it is, the picture is not pretty at all.
A saying goes that the youth are the hope of tomorrow. However, there is a small problem with this particular statement. How can there be a tomorrow if the youth aren't well equipped enough to handle the challenges ahead because of sub-standard schooling? It makes for a very provocative thought indeed.
The culprit here is the New Jersey Education Association. The group is primarily a teachers' union with the noble task of molding the minds and the educating the youth in public schools across the state. It wields considerable political influence and it has massive influence. One would think that proper education would be the focus but sadly, it is not. This union acts in ways that show it to be only after personal enrichment using state funds and to perpetuate generations of students who will always lack a good education. This despite increasing funds allotted for the improvement of learning curriculums. It seems the funds have only proceeded into the pockets of an unscrupulous few in the group.
There has been news of how one of its members has been grossly paid beyond acceptable means. A job as a school district secretary is by all means a reasonable position but there's something wrong if the pay received amounts to approximately $180,000 yearly. The amount is enough to raise eyebrows but the reason is even more shocking because it was done due to the influence of the educational cartel.
Students with their bright and inquisitive minds cannot hope to thrive in conditions such as these. Even incompetent teachers cannot be sanctioned, much less replaced, because the union is coddling them. On the other hand, good teachers and idealistic educators are being harassed and challenged because they will not conform to this shoddy system. Some have had to face dismissal from their jobs for doing what was right.
Disheartening isn't it? When educators who stand for what is right for the students are systematically removed what hope can there be for the existing educational system? It is a type of corruption that prioritizes personal profit over nation-building and improving lives.
However, not all is lost. There are charter schools whose mission is to uplift the quality of education and they have done a consistently good job in outperforming the state-run district schools. One would think they would be receiving better state or government support for their efforts but the sad case is the opposite. The very same educational bureaucrats make it hard for these charter schools to progress any further simply because they are a threat to their well-entrenched positions. At this rate, more young minds will continue to languish in substandard education unless the tax-paying public does something about this.
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