Not explicitly defending the trolls — I agree the US school system sucks, particularly how teachers are undervalued — however, the title is misleading. This video is mostly comparing US directly...
Not explicitly defending the trolls — I agree the US school system sucks, particularly how teachers are undervalued — however, the title is misleading. This video is mostly comparing US directly to Finland, which probably has (depends on your chosen metrics, of course) the best educational system in the world, by far. The entire planet would do well to take a few more pages from Finland's book.
Spot the Africa ;)
Awesome video, an oldie but a goodie. Gods, I miss that guy.
Not explicitly defending the trolls — I agree the US school system sucks, particularly how teachers are undervalued — however, the title is misleading. This video is mostly comparing US directly to Finland, which probably has (depends on your chosen metrics, of course) the best educational system in the world, by far. The entire planet would do well to take a few more pages from Finland's book.
Yeah I agree, that's why I tagged it with Finland. I wasn't really thinking about changing the title so I didn't.
If you'd like to see the issue of American teacher shortages for yourself, here's a PDF of shortage areas, by state, going back to 1990.