I find it strange.
How much we forget history, even though it is taken at every grade until graduation.
I find it strange what history is taught and what is not.
We blame schools for most of our short comings.
“I was not taught how to…
manage money
find a passion
balance a check book
start a buissness
meditate
be happy.”
That was not its job. School has succeeded in its purpose and you are proof
To make nice little factory workers
unquestioning and obedient
complaining without action
enough critical thinking to get the job done, but not enough to leave it.
The school system did not fail when it spit you out.
It succeeded.

It is not the fault of the teacher
The burden of
security gaurd
parent
psychologist
career counselor
teacher
When they only signed up for one.

How are they supposed to teach that the pen is mightier than the sword.
or the value of a peaceful protest when funding goes toward the sword and not the pen.

Going into debt for you
Losing sleep for you
Working 1/4 the year without pay for you
You aren’t happy because of you.
Not because they didn’t teach you how.
They lead us to water.
But we are the horse that won’t drink and get mad when we get thirsty.

My school semester started again, and that means I will be tutoring again and that leads inevitably to students telling me stories of how terrible their high school teachers were. I understand that there are bad teachers, they exist at every level. But just as I believe that there are more good people than bad, I believe that most teachers are good. That they care deeply about the education and well being of their students.
But at some time there was a shift. When a student would fail, or if there were behavioral issues the parent would be informed and it became a parent-student issue. But for some reason it has become the burden of the teacher to make sure that not only does the student learn the given information, but also part of the raising of the student. If the student acts out, the teacher gets blamed. If the student fails, it was not because the student wasn’t working hard enough, but that the teacher failed to teach properly. Sure if every single student fails then it could be the teacher, and I have had that happen to me, but 9 times out of 10 that is not the case.

Now I also understand that the school system is failing students. The world is changing and the students are as well, but the school system has not adapted to that new world. But there are a lot of people who blame it for things that it was not meant to do. Like how to pay taxes, or find a passion or manage a business. There is college for finding out what a passion is. And you ask your parents how to do taxes. You have the internet. High school is step one of throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks and having a general knowledge of most subjects. But not knowing those things are not the fault of a school system. It is yours.