Discipline in secondary schools

deanswift

Anyone of the idea that organisation and discipline is getting worse in our schools (primary and secondary).
Reports from OECD and other reports such as PISA show Ireland's position in international league tables slipping and before you or I start bashing teachers (apparently short working week, long holidays etc etc) there are other partners in the education debate: home, Dept of Ed, society and so on. Literacy and numeracy attainment levels have dropped alarmingly.
Junior and Leaving Cert programmes seem to be overcrowded and irrelevant to present day needs.
Adolescents nowadays have a taste for adult lifestyle booze, drugs etc.
All are agreed that what's needed in a depression is a sound practical education and our kids seem not to be getting this so who, what is to blame?
We all know and accept that there's no money to solve the problem but is money the issue?
Has parenting changed? Has Dept of Ed + Sci listened to too many advisors over the years and lost the road map to a half decent education?
Society rather than contributing to the solution of the problem seems to want young people to be part of the shop 'till u drop mentality and overly commercialising our youth.

Cantona's Collars

This is the satellite forum,are you lost?

The Cush

I think you've posted in the wrong forum. This is a forum on satellite TV.

rlogue

The only discipline you'll see on satellite TV is from those late night adult stations!

easkey

deanswift wrote: »

Anyone of the idea that organisation and discipline is getting worse in our schools (primary and secondary).
Reports from OECD and other reports such as PISA show Ireland's position in international league tables slipping and before you or I start bashing teachers (apparently short working week, long holidays etc etc) there are other partners in the education debate: home, Dept of Ed, society and so on. Literacy and numeracy attainment levels have dropped alarmingly.
Junior and Leaving Cert programmes seem to be overcrowded and irrelevant to present day needs.
Adolescents nowadays have a taste for adult lifestyle booze, drugs etc.
All are agreed that what's needed in a depression is a sound practical education and our kids seem not to be getting this so who, what is to blame?
We all know and accept that there's no money to solve the problem but is money the issue?
Has parenting changed? Has Dept of Ed + Sci listened to too many advisors over the years and lost the road map to a half decent education?
Society rather than contributing to the solution of the problem seems to want young people to be part of the shop 'till u drop mentality and overly commercialising our youth.

Can associate with some of what you are saying!:(:(
But you are in the wrong section.

elvis jones

withdraw, withdraw !!!!!

Sgt Pepper 64

The Cush wrote: »

I think you've posted in the wrong forum. This is a forum on satellite TV.

No, he's in the right section. You can blame everything on kids watching too much and the wrong kind of TV!!!

pa990

Somebody think of the children

Badgermonkey

deanswift wrote: »

Literacy and numeracy attainment levels have dropped alarmingly.

S A T E L L I T E spells Satellite.

crosstownk

What time is it on at? Is it in HD? What channel?

partyatmygaff

Ah, it's not his fault. He just tuned the wrong transponder.

Cantona's Collars

I blame Murdoch-everybody else does.

icdg

Er, okay, I know we've had some off topic threads in this forum from time to time, but this one takes the biscuit!

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