Teacher’s resignation letter: ‘My profession … no longer exists’

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22. Apparently you think quantity has a quality all its own...

While that may be true on the battlefield, in the classroom it is rather self defeating, as quality education disappears with the concept of privatizing and "standardizing," the education system. The ridiculous assumption that replacing experienced teachers with "standardized testing systems" and "core curriculum," that emphasizes STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines that are, for most people, best taught in dedicated technical programs that have been eliminated in most school districts along with theater, art, music and physical education, is simply poorly thought out. Pure science, engineering and mathematics programs are not possible for most students, as they are neither intellectually nor temperamentally suited to theses disciplines and "technical," education has been all but eliminated in most school districts. The real core curriculum should be to teach people how to critically think, from that point any career path or line of pursuit in the professions, arts, business or government is possible. The current education policy of the DoE and most State governments is self defeating, as it tries to make a standardized product out of the most nonstandard material there is: people.