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With that analogy you are basically saying the teacher (doctor in your analogy) has zero responsibility and all failures are 100% the fault of the students (the dying cancer patients).

The more correct analogy would be one where a doctor sees healthy patients with minor but treatable conditions, fails to treat them, and then they die.  Death was never inevitable, just as failure to learn never was.

Students are not dying cancer patients, sorry.  Their lack of learning is not their fault.  You are there to EDUCATE them, not to ignore them or give them a sub-par effort, and leave them to just go off and wither.

That whole analogy was wholly unconscionable and distasteful, and you probably have no business whatsoever in the education business, if that's what your attitude is.[/quote]

1. I never said that students' lack of learning is their fault (although, I'll point out - nor is it usually a patient's fault if they have cancer). 2. You might argue that someone with my attitude has no business working in education, but I would rather have someone in education who knows that helping students overcome  the setbacks many of them have is no walk in the park than someone who thinks that all it takes is higher expectations. Many students do not have "minor" conditions - they are not just coming into 5th grade confused about how to subtract decimals -- many students are coming in many years behind grade level, still trying to become fluent in English, and dealing with the side effects of extreme poverty. These students deserve an education system that makes a better plan than offering a bunch of carrots and sticks.  Get past the analogy and recognize the situation for what it is instead of telling random people who should and shouldn't be in education, and if you really think you know all the answers I suggest you get into the classroom ASAP.[/quote]

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