Originally Posted by JamesDean

You can't apply that method of thinking to the educational system, it doesn't always work....

You are the manager of the manufacturing facility.

You are paying the foremen (teachers) to operate your assembly line, and train your workers (students)...and when the line fails to produce a quality product you look at your foremen..

Foremen say the workers are distracted, wont learn their jobs, are unruly....

In the business world, Manager says to fire workers and hire better suited...

In the public education world, manger cannot fire the students (everyone has a right to a public education) so the fault then lies fully on the teachers right?

In the public education world its a two way street. The customer (student) is not always right and sometimes needs reinforcement from outside parties (parents)