Yeah, speaking off of my years of experience as a paraprofessional, substitute teacher, Juvenile Corrections officer, substitute teacher at the Juvenile Corrections, security at a HS, Math tutor, as well as my college degrees in Psych. and Soc. (the other degree is irrelevant for this)...
I can tell you, and tell ALL OF YOU, that he probably was in English honors IV... That said, I finished HS in the early 2000s, If I were to compare English honors IV now, to then, I'd say it's equivalent to Sophomore year English, when you're forced to learn poetry, but you think to yourself "Thank god we don't have to read the Odyssey for a 3rd year in a row".
The overall general standard of education has dropped (thank you No child left behind), as we are continually lowering the bar, to teach to the lowest common denominator, rather than teach to somewhere just above the median, forcing people to keep up or get held back. meanwhile, with 0 challenge for the top tier students, they stagnate as they don't grow, as they have nothing to challenge themselves unless they CHALLENGE THEMSELVES THEMSELVES.
It's a vicious cycle, but if I had to summarize our education system and how its going.... I'd say the Satire of "Idiocracy" is an actual prediction of the future (Like Back to the Future, but about societal issues, not the cubs failing, and hover-boards and shoes and 3D movies)
Last edited by EightPackKilla at 12/2/2015 11:25:39 PM