A must watch about our schools

Some may have seen this, but here is a 20/20 with John Stossel about American public schools. It is unbelievable.

This video is a little over fourty minutes long, but well worth it. You will be mad when you see the school union part (if you aren't punching the monitor by now!!). I won't say anything about unions at this point!

I never knew it was this bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA

 

It's John Stossel, he isn't looking for the extremes....he is looking for the norm. That is his style. And he is good at being fair. I have never seen anything by him that was biased.

I think John Stossel is one of the BEST investigative reporters around. He shows both sides, and questions them both, equally.

I also believe John Stossel really does have what is missing in the Media....Common Sense. And a sense of Fair Play. He gives each side a chance, but then he gives his view, which to me, is based on Common Sense.

The only problem...he doesn't go far enough, hard enough, and really nail these people who have no hard facts on their side, while the other does.

Again, for these "unionites", it's about money....nothing else. "How much money do I get and how far can I go doing a poor job before you protect my job, so I can get paid a few more years after?"

It is obviously proven that non-union schools do better, because of competetion.

Get rid of the union, make schools compete....have better educated kids. And kids who WANT to learn.

 

Watch the whole thing.

Your union may be different than the one shown, but I'm betting most unions follow what is being presented.

 

Also, I don't know what school you work at, so I can't say one way or another.

What he is showing is the norm of public schools. In fact, he can't get into most, even with students running the camera's except for certain students at certain schools...and of course they are top students in top classes at their schools.

Yet students say how it is, and parents. But the students I will believe more than anyone, as they are there.

And of course the actual scores. Our schools suck any more compared to the other countries. At least the public schools.

 

What is the student count there at your school, Hamma?

 

Just so you know, I went to and graduated from Beavercreek High School, Beavercreek Ohio.

The school had Sophmores, Juniors, and Seniors.

My Graduating Class of 1985 had around 650 members.

Nowadays that is probably small for a graduating class, as schools are so crammed full of kids.

I actually had a good time at school, most teachers liked/respected me, as I them, even though I didn't look the part. I even had one teacher come to another class I had and say "Ahh, I see you have him in your class...you won't have any problems with him, he's a good learner".

My psychology teacher actually ran copies of some stuff I needed for my government class, which could have gotten her in trouble.

My speed reading teacher got on me for taking two weeks to read a seven hundred page book, so when I finished, that weekend I read two more books. Not nearly as long...maybe 250 pages each, but I spent the whole weekend reading. She never started the first one, so I got a 4.0!

My government teacher, even though I defered to do the candidate thing to just pass his class at the end, came to Graduation, and stopped me to shake my hand, and to wish me well!

I kind of skated through high school, but partied most of it. Could I have done better? Sure. Could the teachers perhaps made an effort to do me better? Some of them did. But their job was to get us through. And they did. But they let me know I could do better. They showed me respect.

I squandered the opportunity at the time. Noone else. I failed them at that time. But never forgot them (obviously!)

I have MANY more stories of my teachers, most all good, that I will always remember. But though I may have squandered my formal education, their unformal taught me a lot.

I don't see that too much in today's schools. Way to much PC crap where the teacher has to be "formal and professional". To "do their job" and nothing else.

My teachers also learned from me, as they would ask me questions about who I am. And though they didn't always agree, they understood where I was coming from. They understood. They acknowledged who I was. That was important. And still is.

 

The video says that they gave cameras to students (as the schools wouldn't allow the media cameras) who were tops in their class (the schools allowed this as they figured these student's classes would show the best behavior) in the top schools. How is that showcasing the worst of the worst?

The videos the students took wasn't real appealing, but they were from top students in top public schools.

John Stossel isn't about ratings, he's about reporting. Much of his stuff is very controversial, and if it wasn't him doing it, noone would touch it.

Watch some of his "Give Me A Break" stuff. He isn't here looking for ratings.