It's like the difference between someone who can play the piano well and someone who is a concert virtuoso. There is far too much bureaucracy in the American school system, in my opinion. Having fallen victim to it, I'm a bit bitter on the subject. It is imperative that we stop moving students through the system without their basic skills. If a student has not accomplished the basics, there is a failure not on the part of the child, but on the part of the system and the family.
Teaching is an underappreciated, underpaid, overwhelming job .
Young students spend more waking time each day with a teacher than with a parent, these days. All rights reserved.