"B A R R Y" wrote

Swap the back for a knee, and my wife is on a parallel track.

She's a 2nd grade teacher in a NCLB "Failing" school and is definitely
burning out.

I'm in a good school, but it seems as though teaching construction, I get
the bottom of the barrel. Imagine that. Construction workers that don't
want to work.

The sad part is, that the 20% hold back the rest of the good ones, that want
to learn.

Until school is a privilege, instead of a requirement, it will stay the
same.

Ones that do not want to be in school should be allowed to leave. In a
couple years, after seeing the outside without a skill, they can go back and
get some training, when they want to be there.
--
Jim in NC