I guess part of the problem is that teachers have been screwed about so seriously in the last few years that they're now very angry.
In the past, teachers could generally be relied upon first and foremost to educate people, and only secondarily to coach them in how to pass exams. That's no longer the case, and I suspect the teachers themselves would be unhappy about this, if they weren't so cynical and jaded.
At the moment, universities are left with the unenviable task of trying to work out at interview the extent to which predictions or results are indicative of competence as part of a well-rounded education, and conversely the extent to which they merely show someone's been crammed so hard it bleeds.
I think techers have to be given back some freedom, and encouraged to give a good quality education. Then, we have to identify people with extraordinary potential good and early, and make sure they flourish.
If anyone complains that this is elitist, they should be taken aside, and have it politely explained that they can go fuck themselves.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2004-01-22 04:52 pm (UTC)In the past, teachers could generally be relied upon first and foremost to educate people, and only secondarily to coach them in how to pass exams. That's no longer the case, and I suspect the teachers themselves would be unhappy about this, if they weren't so cynical and jaded.
At the moment, universities are left with the unenviable task of trying to work out at interview the extent to which predictions or results are indicative of competence as part of a well-rounded education, and conversely the extent to which they merely show someone's been crammed so hard it bleeds.
I think techers have to be given back some freedom, and encouraged to give a good quality education. Then, we have to identify people with extraordinary potential good and early, and make sure they flourish.
If anyone complains that this is elitist, they should be taken aside, and have it politely explained that they can go fuck themselves.