Quote Originally Posted by bellavite1 View Post
Most teachers push their own agenda.
Most everyone pushes their own agenda, all the time. If you take a gun fighting class, they aren't teaching you how to be a good student. They teach you their way. You learn what they want you to learn, and when you're done, do with that knowledge what you will. It's the same for every single thing I've ever learned, in every walk of life. It's pretty silly that people expect teachers to be any different.


I'm under the impression that there is bloat in the administrative side of the education department. I've always assumed that school districts get a ton of money, but that it isn't spent well. As a result, I automatically never "YES" for anything that pertains to giving more money to schools, or anything "for the children." That makes me a bit jaded and checked out, but change my win and you can get my vote. On the other hand, this school year I've regularly bought school supplies for my kid's teacher, and the other teachers that I've interacted. To the point where I would make a monthly round at the school and ask what teachers need, then bring it in for them. I was honest that I had additional motivations in the gesture, but still, I'd rather give money directly to where it can be used, instead of being filtered down through countless layers and is all but gone when it gets to where it needs to go.