Voice: J. Coons, Flint
As a teacher who has taught in the “wealthiest” and the “poorest” districts, I am sick and tired of hearing the lack of student achievement blamed on the lack of money. There are things like character, respect, pride, decency, discipline, honesty, integrity (to name a few) that the lack of money or the abundance of money have no bearing on.
The problem with education is not the lack of money but the lack of character, respect, pride, decency, discipline, honesty, integrity, just to name a few. The problem with education is not the teachers, because teachers cannot successfully teach students who lack the above characteristics.
The problem with education is two-fold. First, it is societal — a breakdown in the moral fabric of society, which includes a lack of the above-mentioned characteristics. Secondly, an educational system that has been hijacked by government agencies and so-called institutions of higher learning who together have corrupted the educational process.