Yet 60 years ago, everyone learned how to read, some faster and better than others, but everyone. Even the "slow" kids. It was the norm. Then teaching methods changed. I am convinced that was on purpose.
Yet 60 years ago, everyone learned how to read, some faster and better than others, but everyone. Even the "slow" kids. It was the norm. Then teaching methods changed. I am convinced that was on purpose.
Correct. The current educational system isn’t about teaching - it’s about training. And it’s about the power pipeline of money, corruption, and politics. Realize a child can learn everything on their own with simple guidance and some gentle nudging and instruction from no more than one true teacher - big buildings, classrooms, supplies, instructional materials, etc. etc. - garbage waste for the powers that be to increase their wealth and control.
I agree with you about the "teaching methods changed" part, but in most of the USA the change happened 80 years ago. By the time I was born in 1955, the insane "look-say" method was already so prevalent that Rudolf Flesch had already written "Why Johnny Can't Read" to warn the public of it. My elementary schools were full of "look-say" readers; had my mom not taught me phonics in 1961, I'd probably be functionally illiterate today.
well I am 76 and can attest to the fact that teachers today are as uneducated as their pupils.Also the fact that starting about 20 years ago parents started to bully teachers if the kid complained.And don't forget everyone got a trophy.Not giving teachers a break but shit travels downhill.
You are no doubt right about the timing. I lucked out. My elementary school still taught us all to read phonetically. The infiltration and ruination of the teachers' colleges, as prescribed by Gramsci, was already well under way in the 60s. It was deliberate.
I was so fortunate to have had an excellent education (1951-1963) so good, in fact that I earned my high school diploma from International Correspondence Schools after an early drop out for having had a kid at 16. I tested out in several subjects and tested out in several subject when I pursued a BSN via what is now Excelsior College. Learning Latin and Greek as well as Germanic roots allows me to spell pretty darn well. This is not taught at all these days. We need to get back to the basics.
The comment threads are full of people like us saying "we need to". The fact is that "the schools", as you refer to them, are going to do no such thing. We cannot reform them. We can only abandon them by replacing them: "No, we are not going to fix the public schools": https://daveziffer.substack.com/p/no-we-are-not-going-to-fix-the-public
Yet 60 years ago, everyone learned how to read, some faster and better than others, but everyone. Even the "slow" kids. It was the norm. Then teaching methods changed. I am convinced that was on purpose.
Correct. The current educational system isn’t about teaching - it’s about training. And it’s about the power pipeline of money, corruption, and politics. Realize a child can learn everything on their own with simple guidance and some gentle nudging and instruction from no more than one true teacher - big buildings, classrooms, supplies, instructional materials, etc. etc. - garbage waste for the powers that be to increase their wealth and control.
I agree with you about the "teaching methods changed" part, but in most of the USA the change happened 80 years ago. By the time I was born in 1955, the insane "look-say" method was already so prevalent that Rudolf Flesch had already written "Why Johnny Can't Read" to warn the public of it. My elementary schools were full of "look-say" readers; had my mom not taught me phonics in 1961, I'd probably be functionally illiterate today.
well I am 76 and can attest to the fact that teachers today are as uneducated as their pupils.Also the fact that starting about 20 years ago parents started to bully teachers if the kid complained.And don't forget everyone got a trophy.Not giving teachers a break but shit travels downhill.
You are no doubt right about the timing. I lucked out. My elementary school still taught us all to read phonetically. The infiltration and ruination of the teachers' colleges, as prescribed by Gramsci, was already well under way in the 60s. It was deliberate.
I was so fortunate to have had an excellent education (1951-1963) so good, in fact that I earned my high school diploma from International Correspondence Schools after an early drop out for having had a kid at 16. I tested out in several subjects and tested out in several subject when I pursued a BSN via what is now Excelsior College. Learning Latin and Greek as well as Germanic roots allows me to spell pretty darn well. This is not taught at all these days. We need to get back to the basics.
The comment threads are full of people like us saying "we need to". The fact is that "the schools", as you refer to them, are going to do no such thing. We cannot reform them. We can only abandon them by replacing them: "No, we are not going to fix the public schools": https://daveziffer.substack.com/p/no-we-are-not-going-to-fix-the-public
Affirmative action is what has destroyed education. Most of the DEI hires aren't qualified to teach anything.