I know I am Going to Sound Like an Elitest Overeducated Fool......Concerning Public Schools....And Yes, it Includes Buna.....

 I reading things that don't make a lot of sense to me concerning public school, and it isn't just Buna, or Kirbyville, or Vidor, or the rich folks over in Lumberton or down in PNG. 

Right now, no one is happy . 

Well, let me rephrase that.....

A lot of people are unhappy with their schools, the district in which they reside. ( Of course there are people who pleased with their ISD. There always will be people pleased.)

But more people are just , well, they have had it with schools. 

And it is more than you know. 

A lot of it is school taxes and why it costs so much to fund the school and look at the product they are receiving. 

I know a lot of people were beyond upset at the TEA score that Buna ISD received this past school year, and again, are questioning, just what are we paying for, both in academics and athletics. 

And a lot of people are asking, just what do some of these people do at the distinct?  " I understand teaching history, or math, or English......But some of these extra teachers, that don't even see kids?"  And that is how it was described to me. 

I know some people are upset with the extra-curricular activities and are moving their kids out of schools, including Buna.  

Perhaps the biggest complain I get is that the schools are they just don't like "us" at the school district.  So, we are moving.....

Rarely , if ever,  do I heard complaints about the school is " Too rigorous."  

Those of you who took gov/eco from 93-11 at Buna understood a little academic rigor. And I had been at schools before where I was the " easy teacher" especially concerning so called " Honors " or even AP classes.  ( I taught an AP European History class that the kids read their eye-balls out.)

I don't know, there is an anti-intellectual movement going on right now. 

And I know everyone in my family has all this education and well, I look at things a little differently. 

Yeah, I know, college is not for everyone, and the cost ratio of colleges, well, they make no sense whatsoever. 

But, there will be a need for college educated folks, nurses, teachers, engineers, etc......And the problem is, so many folks take foundational K-12 educated for granted. It is like we are all concerned about everything else but the actual classroom.

Don't get me wrong, extra-curricular are important, but for some of you,  it is the be all. Too hell with that classroom nonsense. 

This element has always been there, but somehow, it seems to be getting worse.  

Public school is America is at a crossroad. Right now 33% of new teachers in Texas quit their first 3 years. There is a large number of older teachers about to retire, and no one is really training to replace them, and the teachers who left, well, they are are not coming back. 

Just something to think about this morning.....