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Reply to "Elementary teacher doesn't know Dickens rote Great Expectations"
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[quote=Anonymous] This exemplifies what I've experienced in this country, to wit, that standards for teachers in this country are abysmal. There have been books written on how teacher colleges scrape the bottom of the barrel and what incentives, financial and other, can the USA set up to lure more intelligent and competent students to the teaching profession. I went to school in different European countries, and my children go to public school here as well as weekend school in their native language. The difference in the general knowledge, teaching rigor and overall culture of French/British/German teachers compared to American ones is unfortunately very wide indeed. My son was in fifth grade when he presented The Hound of the Baskervilles to his supposedly advanced reading group in public school - his teacher didn't know the book. I could go on with other examples and other teachers. Ignorance seems to be par for the course here. [/quote]
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