Most of
this thread is an exercise in ridiculous claims. A user, shmogt, seems to think that he is qualified to make changes to a national education system based on his experiences in a classroom, and his experiences alone. I'm a trained teacher, and yet he repeatedly ignores my prompts to explore some theories of teaching strategy that can only help him make an informed judgement on the subject. He insists that he doesn't need to know any of that, despite his claims that he enjoys learning. It's a bit like claiming you know all about art because you have a painting on your wall, but then ignoring all of the advice provided by an actual artist. shmogt is so wrapped up in the idea that he knows best that it takes him
three pages to realise that I am not American and only have limited teaching experience (I realised early on that he wasn't going to listen to reason, so I said nothing to see how long it would take him to work it out). And he
still persists with his attitude of "I think there is a problem here, so that makes me an expert". The last time someone started doing that, we nearly got SOPA and PIPA.
Of course, this is the same guy who thought that being a "champion dog fighter" was a
good thing.
Haha. I know that feeling. I remember on a family holiday many years ago, my sister was injured in the hotel we were staying in. Someone dived into the pool and basically headbutted her. I can remember how embarrassed I was when, in full view of the other guests, my mum was walking about taking pictures of "no diving" signs.
