Learning by Making Rockets & Robots

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Originally Posted by Astrokid248

Too often the focus of school is passing tests instead of giving kids the tools they need to become productive, happy members of society (research can be productive, so theory is in included in that). That's what needs to change.

With all due respect that is a parent's job, not the school. A high school teacher only sees a student like 4.5 hours a week (in a group setting), not enough time to impart basic personality traits (though they can reinforce them).

The real deal is that we are blaming teachers while expecting them to replace parents in some areas. The greater crisis is with parents, teachers do their job pretty well in my opinion.