Reply #15: Hey, I'm sitting right here

[Cronus Protagonist]

I can nitpick about punctuation and so forth because the letter he wrote is glaring in its errors, and I happen to have the skills to spot them. I never said only stupid people go into education -- you did. And I'm not "teacher of the year" mostly because I don't work as one and therefore have no access to such an award. And I don't think I'm better than that teacher, I just have better grammar and spelling skills. Then again, I'm not working as a paid teacher and therefore should not be held to as high a standard as our teachers ought to be held. Nonetheless, I do have a higher standard than this teacher in grammar and spelling, particularly when his missive was written to be publicly disseminated and his lacking is therefore doubly embarrassing, given it's probably his absolute best effort.

And you are lacking in comprehension skills, but you're not a teacher, so it hardly matters.

The education system in this country will not improve as long as many people apologize for poor English skills in the teaching body by ridiculing those who want to hold teachers, and by extension, their students to higher, world class standards. I would hold out more hope for the education system here if people, instead of dumping on me, had said, "Oh, he's right, we do need better educated teachers". At least THEN, you could claim to care a little about the people being educated. As it is, you cannot, because you defend mediocrity and ridicule competency.

You want to know why the education system is failing in this country? Look at your own attitude.