The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom

Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by bildung on Friday January 09, 2015 @02:59AM (#8861218)

Because while great teachers exist, they are sitting on top of a pile of good, decent and bad teachers that largely can't be fired or forced to improve.

But that is true for all countries, while the pervasive test culture is a phenomenon mostly observable in the US. The quality of teachers (or their education) can't be the major reason for the test dependency of the educational system in the US.

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Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by yummyfajitas on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:04AM (#8861234)

Pervasive test culture is far larger in Asia than in the US. Wealthy Asian nations perform very well, though admittedly most of that performance is likely due to unmentionable factors.

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Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by hueving on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:27AM (#8861287)

>admittedly most of that performance is likely due to unmentionable factors.

A culture of forcing children to study for hours every night at home and go to school 6 days a week?

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Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by gwillen on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:41AM (#8861319)

I was assuming 'cheating'.

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Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by jpadkins on Friday January 09, 2015 @04:45AM (#8861466)

I assumed genetics.

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