New York public schools do not enforce discipline
Cover of The Blackboard Jungle: A Novel David Roemer writes: I was a teacher at three public high schools in New York City. Students got an excellent education at two (Edward R. Murrow and Midwood) and a poor education at one (Erasmus). The reason was that there is in NYC a two-tier system. At good [...]
Teaching in Japan: the Way of the Dragon
Image via Wikipedia The scene: a highschool gym which also serves as assembly hall. The hall is filled with rowdy students. A stranger takes the podium. No-one pays him the slightest attention. He stands there gazing around at the chattering students. “Why don’t you say something?” asks a girl at the front, “you peed in [...]
