I don’t blame that as the issue.
I’m saying what are we paying for? Because of the union all teachers start the same, and raises aren’t based on merit etc but instead in most cases by time served and fake test measures that say on paper someone is doing good.
I’ll use myself as an example. I was passed in English classes forever and I was awful at everything those classes ever offered but was passed.
Then I hit my junior year in high school as a starter on the soccer team and varsity basketball team. My English teacher embarrassed me all year, and I mean flat out made an example of me and my comprehension, reading and writing issues all year long.
To maintain sports eligibility I was in ESS both semester to get the grade bump from a D to a C.
After all that, despite being a D student I flat out learned more in that class than I’ve ever had to learn in any English class and I was more impressed with that D than my A+ in calculus, trig etc etc as a JR.
That’s a real educator, and she worked harder for me than anyone ever had. I wasn’t easy to deal with at all and I’ll never forget that lady for the rest of my life.