Public School - Scary
Mar. 7th, 2005 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coppqueen5129I was talking to two coworkers of mine who have teenaged children. One of my coworkers' kids are in the Portland Public School system, which is having a lot of problems, but the other one has kids in the Beaverton (wealthier suburb) School system, and both of them stated that their children do not bring textbooks home. In fact, the kids do not even possess their own textbooks in high school - the books belong to the classroom, and they are kept there.
I asked, "How do they study?" The answer, "They have worksheets." I asked, "But how do they study the materials; how do they study the information in their books?" The answer was, "They don't; they just get the printed-off worksheets." I said, "But how are they going to learn how to study for college?" The answer, "Yeah, it's pretty bad," followed by shrugs.
That is a new level of WTF-ness for me.
I asked, "How do they study?" The answer, "They have worksheets." I asked, "But how do they study the materials; how do they study the information in their books?" The answer was, "They don't; they just get the printed-off worksheets." I said, "But how are they going to learn how to study for college?" The answer, "Yeah, it's pretty bad," followed by shrugs.
That is a new level of WTF-ness for me.
