Hi Suma. my statement was aimed at those in the administrative positions as opposed to the actual teachers. In the pre-college administration and higher state levels you find a lot of "educators" who seem unable to find common sense, workable and effective means of selecting and implementing standards and structure. Most of them are educated far beyond their talent; a gaggle of Condi Rice's comes to mind.
As far as teachers, the quality of teachers is far lower than when you were a young lady. Back then there were a tremendous number of really bright, really talented and really energetic women in teaching. There weren't that many other options for those get-things-done-well women. Now they're doctors, lawyers, accountants, executives, etc.
They're replaced by a lot of teachers whose greatest talent was telling the teacher what the teacher told them. They stayed with what they did well; school. That's not, of course, all of them or even a majority of them, but those treasured, rare, talented teachers who inspired many of us are more rare now then they've ever been.
And many of our administrative phds need to be replaced by people who understand that years getting a phd in "education" is no substitute for common sense and leadership ability. In fact, I'd guess that most people willing to spend years getting phds in education don't have a big dollop of common sense or leadership ability, but they sure can use the education jargon. Ed |
