Why Can't We Accept That Our Society Needs Its Teachers to Teach for The Test?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

25. When I was in school, I liked some teachers better than others, always. But there was no concensus

My friends each liked different teachers because we all are different human beings and have different tastes. Yes, of course we didn't like the stricter ones because kids were born to goof off and we were no different. I don't know there can possibly be a concensus on which teachers are good and which aren't. I guess it all boils down to the test and whether or not the teacher babied the students enough so the answers of the test remained in the brain with them making no effort?

I do know one thing that makes a huge difference between education back when I went to school, and now. Back when I went to school, everyone expected us to study, do all our work, and not make or give excuses, or whine about it. Now? Now it's as if the kids were all disabled - they feel an assignment is too long (and the parents take this very seriously and whine to the teacher about it), they want to be told exactly what to study for a test (and the parents expect think they should be babied this way), they whine about the homework, they whine about the books, they whine because they constantly want others to show them how to do this homework or that homework, and have never try to extrapolate, analyze, conceptualize, and heaven forbid they should read something to learn how to ever do something on their own. They (and their parents) would consider that inhumane treatment. When I went to school, I was expected to pay attention, to ask questions, to be polite, to have manners, to do my homework, to study chapters, to read assigned books, to have prepared by studying the chapters so anything thrown on a test I'd be ready for. Now? Now parents and kids expect classes to be as special needs classes, and they are handheld from one moment to the next. How did it turn out like that?

Back when I went to school, school was *my* "work." I didn't get paid for it, but it occupied my day and I was expected to do it, and that was fine. In fact, everyone knew those kids that whined about having to do any homework, were never prepared for tests, and they were seen as incredibly lazy. Nowadays? Kids feel it's a huge imposition, because it seems to take time away from their texting, sexting, playing games, shopping, watching TV and talking on the phone.