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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an 86 baby and I saw the shift to testing. There was little to no testing when I was in elementary and middle school. But by high school, my teachers spent MONTHS teaching towards the yearly tests. I remember being in AP Calc and then having to focus on basic geometry or long division for stupid tests. It was demoralizing. Plus, the state tests never factored into your grades. So you have college applications and high schools only caring about your grades and then there's this bogus state test. Also, I think there was a big shift into not valuing teachers or paying them highly. Nurses are paid much higher and thus get smarter students. I knew so many friends in college who nearly dropped out but were able to change to an Education major and easily make A's. And then later on, these teachers only worked a few years before becoming SAHMs. Whereas growing up my teachers truly loved teaching and saw it as a passion. [/quote]
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