The Adam Carolla Podcast - March 29, 2010 Adam talks about Little Bear, speed traps while mourning your loved ones and a reprise of Gay Eye. To hear the complete podcast visit www.adamcarolla.com
He's right. There's also the part he mentioned at the end. If the government would get their hands off of the education system, Americans schools and universities would be so much better, more efficient, and degrees would be worth what you paid for them.
I hate to admit this but he has a point. I came from a two-parent family who would have killed me If I ever thought about dropping out of high school like Adam.Never gave it any thought, frankly. They werent into college education but i went to college and got my Bachelor's anyway. Having a stable family helps greatly.
@summercures2 Disinterest and boredom was much of my problem. You wouldn't have known it from my primary school grades, but I have an IQ north of 150. I'm currently working towards a Master's Degree in Information Technology/Networking. Why? Information Technology interests me. Busywork for the sake of busywork accomplishes nothing.
The problem with Carolla is that he grew up in LA, a place that is radically different from the rest of the country. Sometimes he just doesn't have a good frame of reference for things. In this case, the school system in LA is just bizarre, very different from everywhere else.
@TheDodgersAreTrash I totally agree. It's sad that the two of us (nothing bad about you, homes, just sayin two random people on RU-vid) can figure this shit out, but they can't??? LOL.
Actually, teachers HAVE changed. (I am high school Class of 1998, public HS, California---tenured, burnout teachers---never graded a SINGLE math problem--and told us all beforehand--just a checkmark). My parents tried contacting an English teacher--repeatedly--got through to teacher in 4 Weeks. Even more stories.
Hmm, sounds anecdotal to me. I don't think tenure has anything to do with burnout. I could see teachers getting burned out with rising class sizes and diminished prep time.
I think part of the problem is that kids are sent to school then forced to learn curriculum that they are uninterested in. I think kids have an innate desire to learn on there own and i think that if adults just sit back and let the kids choose subject matter that they are interested in, kids will specialize in a lot more fields than if they were forced to do so.
As a kid, I kind of enjoyed history class, but if given the choice, I would much rather have been at home playing video games. Thank God, my parents forced me to keep my butt in the classroom learning stuff that I didn't want to learn.
I agree with him, but then: what's the point of paying teachers anything of worth at all (if teachers don't matter that much)? The reason obviously, is that teacher quality does matter. The reason this has come to such a head is because the budget has been slashed, and GOOD teachers (who happen to be younger) are being cut for no good reason. AND--people see mediocre teachers being kept in their stead.
Teacher's union officials HAVE to spout the PC BS line that we need to "improve" teacher quality & instruction because they know they'd be crucified if they came out and said the truth. Ask any teacher, they'd agree it's the quality of the student & the support & emphasis put on education they get from home that's most important.
@marcostar57 This true. Unfortunately, the system allows for all of the problems we have in schools now: Lazy kids AND bad teachers. Not all teachers are bad, by a long shot, but there are a good number of terrible teachers.
Exactly, and part of it is a lack of competition, due to poor compensation. Teachers and policemen are some of the most important people in society, so, why don't they get paid in a way that would reflect that?
