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arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

I think their is a fine line, a balance that needs to be walked between academic responsibility and fiscal responsibility. I think England/ Britain? definitely crossed that line when it developed a plan to have separate classes for foreign students who pay money but can not keep up with the academics of the normal classes. In America we call these remedial classes, and the student still has to eventually take and pass the real cours.

Virtually every teacher I know in America takes education very seriously. But as graduate programs were introduced in the 70's strictly for those wishing to pursue a MA in Education Administration (no teaching experience needed), a serious gap was created, with each side coming to despise the other.
My Grandfather was the old breed, teacher first, then principal. Now adays how many school leaders spent a serious amount of time teaching. Actually this trend was started by the "great Rolling Eyes

educator Dewey, who wanted to revolutioize the American education system around the early 1900's. He was a total flop as a teacher. When he ran a school, the school had to close down. He never took input from actual teachers, but decided that schools need to focus on teach PC that would create an evolved student. Oh well,

Back to the thread, as I said earlier, if you ask Chines teachers in their 40's or 50's, they will tell you that most of the leaders of the schools in China have no experience teaching, but that being a school leader was considered a plum job that you didn't have to work hard at, have your own private driver, not need to pay for restaurant bills, lots of leisure time