J Leslie Turriff wrote: > IMO the underlying problem (at least in the US) is the low pay provided in > the education industry, which drives out those with good teaching skills. > In the school I attended after moving to the US, math was taught by the > athletics coach! I also wonder about the abilities of the people who set > the curricula standards. Well US ... the movie Idiocracy fits the best. In Austria the teachers are very well payed, but since the 80ies are indoctrinated to the left - especially the humanitarian subjects. The only rational thinking people in this country are technicians and nature science. The pay is not the only issue, although a major one. I agree with you here , but want to add that the whole society is responsible for this shift ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx