scrubbedexpat091

I had a Spanish teacher in high school who was not fluent in Spanish, in fact barely spoke it.

Budget cuts in the 90's meant teachers were teaching subjects they had little education/knowledge in.

Zoe Bell

when I left my last teaching position there were no physics teachers left in the science department.

Not a single person with a physics degree. 8 people with biology or some pseudo science qualification

Jerseygirl

My niece was a physics teacher...she left teaching a few months ago.

scrubbedexpat091

Unless in the AP or IB program physics wasn't offered for us regular students, only science offered was basic biology.

The IB & AP teachers were top notch, but only the smart students got those teachers.

My high school was really 2 schools in one, IB/AP and then regular students.

plasticcanuck

And I’ve met Brits who haven’t heard of the Luddite Movement. I don’t understand the point of your post.

bats

Maybe your education is to blame for that lack of understanding

scrubbedexpat091

Finally caught who is believed to be the Golden State Killer.

Crimes took place in the 1970's and 80's.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.1fa6836407a8

caretaker

Yes, I just read the story on CBC, they have him linked to 175 crimes, that's incredible!

plasticcanuck

LMAO!!!

scrubbedexpat091

Huge fire across the street from our building.

I somehow slept through it all.

Surprise to wake up to.

Building still had the hall vents on so hallways were smokey.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4636100

dave_j

Disgraceful. Stories like this reinforce my belief that we are widening whetever educational gaps exist in society.

Unless you understand some fundamental principles from an early age you're destined to become one of an ever expanding class imprisoned by it's ignorance. The unlucky will become those who can't subordinated to those who can.

An ability to understand basic mathematical principles allows you to assess different variations to simple problems and this gives you the ability to make reasoned judgements.

Understanding basic principles of physics explains how events happen in the real life in simple terms and this generates an awareness of how the world works. For example if drivers understood a little bit more about inertia then perhaps they wouldn't drive so close behind me.

Society, and it's political decision makers, do themselves no good by refusing to pay teachers, expecially 'science' and maths teachers, the rate for the job. It's an investment in the future in it's purest sense since by definition they won't see the benefits for many years, so perhaps that's why it doesn't rate a serious political discussion.

Zoe Bell

Personally I never had an issue with what I was paid as a teacher. That wasn't what led to me turfing it in as a career.
The endless "planning" paperwork and other bullshit did not help.

The situation when I left was basically that there was a shortage of physics teachers, so physics was taught badly. Thus no one gained an interest in it to want to teach it.

The answer to this, as far as I could tell was to systematically remove any trace of what I would consider to be actual physics from the curriculum.

scrubbedexpat091

Bad experiences with teachers can lead to a phobia of school and further education.

Siouxie

So can bad experiences with other pupils! I was school phobic at a very young age due to bullying.

scrubbedexpat091

Very true. I was bullied from 1st grade to 10th, by 11th grade the bullies had lost interest, but its certainly not something I have ever gotten over, and that along with bad teachers and math, all 3 created phobia for schools.