A day in the life of Mister Singh

[Premi5]

21 hours ago, dallysingh101 said:

Erm...thanks for the compliment? I am pretty well educated (academically), but I think it's the knowledge you gain outside of that that is equally, if not more, important. Being a 'reader' helps big time, regardless of whether you are educated or not from what I've seen and experienced. I know people who are graduates who have very little knowledge outside of their specialty and can't even spell or write very well.....so?   Like I alluded to earlier, office work didn't agree with me, nor I with it, when younger - I found racism to be commonplace - especially the covert type. On the other side of the fence the racism is more out in the open. 

I have a relative who went college in Canada, he thought the education system was better out there. I've worked in education and most of my closest friends are teachers still - there are lots of dubious things going on in the state system here. I think some people are innately independent learners too (with Waheguru ji's kirpa), so they still end up getting educated regardless of the schools they went to.   One positive thing I will say about the UK system, is that it allows people to pursue education after school (used to be anyway, don't know now?).  So if you f**ked up your GCSEs when young (say you had drama at home), you can go college in the evenings as an adult and get them. 

Other than pushing untraditional gender roles and sexual education, what other dubious things do they tell you about ?

[Premi5]

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[dallysingh101]

On 5/30/2021 at 5:26 PM, Premi5 said:

Other than pushing untraditional gender roles and sexual education, what other dubious things do they tell you about ?

Can you elaborate, I don't get your question? 

[Premi5]

9 minutes ago, dallysingh101 said:

Can you elaborate, I don't get your question? 

 

On 5/29/2021 at 7:37 PM, dallysingh101 said:

 

I've worked in education and most of my closest friends are teachers still - there are lots of dubious things going on in the state system here. 

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[dallysingh101]

1 hour ago, Premi5 said:

 

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It's the usual, very selective promotion along racial lines, or of weak-willed ethnic people who toe the line. Funds being funneled away away from the front line by higher and middle management.  Targeting of ethnic teachers through the disciplinary procedure. 

Many of my teacher friends think that the system purposefully employs incompetent teachers in the state FE system to hamper the children's chance of success. Good teachers are demoralised by an excess of administration work, which doesn't help teaching. College teachers are encouraged to pass students to get funds, to the point that people who haven't even grasped basic literacy get passed. Generally a system where money generation for upper management is primary, and the sort of ideals about getting the best out of students is non-existent - a culture of low expectations if you like.

New teachers dropping out of the role after a few years is very common. Retention is an issue.  

[Premi5]

11 minutes ago, dallysingh101 said:

It's the usual, very selective promotion along racial lines, or of weak-willed ethnic people who toe the line. Funds being funneled away away from the front line by higher and middle management.  Targeting of ethnic teachers through the disciplinary procedure. 

Many of my teacher friends think that the system purposefully employs incompetent teachers in the state FE system to hamper the children's chance of success. Good teachers are demoralised by an excess of administration work, which doesn't help teaching. College teachers are encouraged to pass students to get funds, to the point that people who haven't even grasped basic literacy get passed. Generally a system where money generation for upper management is primary, and and sort of ideals to getting the best out of students is non-existence - a culture of low expectations if you like.

New teachers dropping out of the role after a few years is very common. Retention is an issue.  

Being a teacher I think, is a very difficult job in the UK outside of nice areas/selective schools/private schools because they are not respected the way they should be e.g. in Asian countries. A lot of people who have kids don't value education the way they should (although saying that, I have become increasingly sceptical over time of the value of education as I don't think beyond a minimum level enough for basic literacy, numeracy and a little bit more, that education is for everyone).

Are the teachers mainly female? I know a lot of females in society can stab each other in the back when they are in a competitive environment. 

FE system - is teaching a competitive/popular job ? I thought it was not and they'll take the best of whoever is available

Do Upper Management get paid bonuses ?

It's like a lot of jobs/professions now it seems ; the paperwork seems to be a big part of the stress and unhappiness in these jobs. 

More students should be encouraged to go out and work if they are not progressing in education. They can return later if they decide they need further education once they've sampled the working world. 

Which geographical areas do your friends work?

The British education system seems to be getting dumbed down increasingly over time (my observation from afar)

 

[GurjantGnostic]

On 6/1/2021 at 7:30 AM, Premi5 said:

Being a teacher I think, is a very difficult job in the UK outside of nice areas/selective schools/private schools because they are not respected the way they should be e.g. in Asian countries. A lot of people who have kids don't value education the way they should (although saying that, I have become increasingly sceptical over time of the value of education as I don't think beyond a minimum level enough for basic literacy, numeracy and a little bit more, that education is for everyone).

Are the teachers mainly female? I know a lot of females in society can stab each other in the back when they are in a competitive environment. 

FE system - is teaching a competitive/popular job ? I thought it was not and they'll take the best of whoever is available

Do Upper Management get paid bonuses ?

It's like a lot of jobs/professions now it seems ; the paperwork seems to be a big part of the stress and unhappiness in these jobs. 

More students should be encouraged to go out and work if they are not progressing in education. They can return later if they decide they need further education once they've sampled the working world. 

Which geographical areas do your friends work?

The British education system seems to be getting dumbed down increasingly over time (my observation from afar)

 

You'd get a lot more respect collaborating with the Sangat to provide a gurmat education in the Gurudwara or a Bunga. 

All a Gurudwara needs is one head teacher to coordinate tutoring and lessons using the Sangat and even the children to teach modules. 

Have a main lesson conducted within earshot, that anyone can attend or focus on, especially if that's their material, and study groups clustered around the main lecture can be doing their individual reading or working math sheets in groups etc. So then since five you've been hearing lectures on medicine, or physics etc. 

If you teach math individually you never leave anyone behind, which stops their possibility to progress for the rest of their education and you allow people to work ahead and you can work through all of math in a few years in bursts. 

Kids should be passing highschool level gora tests way younger. 

Gurmat, STEM, medicine, law, farming, survival and practical skills. Shastar Vidya. 

Everything else is elective fluff ultimately. 

How mamy farmers in the Sangat? Lawyers? We have all the teachers we need, and the internet is amazing. 

And then maybe we can see a gem like @Premi5 get some respect. 

Compulsory western education makes teachers baby sitters and jailers to the kids and what little they learn that the world survives on comes from the blood of unrespected devoted educators. 

That whole mess should miss Sikhs. Give our children and teachers the respect they deserve right within the community. 

There has to be payroll for one head teacher. 

There is a lot we could be doing at Gurudwara to help each other and save money. Not even have to touch the Golak. Seva programs.

If Sangat world wide started making work sheets and modules according to a format the whole system could just be shared online. Printed out. Worked through. 

[GurjantGnostic]

We should have car clubs, day care, school, all sorts of activities, bulk co op purchasing. Our own labor Union. Basic legal forms and examples. 

Anything we can do to simply help the Sangat, and save money walking in the door. We should deal in money as little as possible and when we do it should go to the best things. 

A little different but related, addiction help, family counseling, protection details. 

 

[GurjantGnostic]

Once we have our first garden of Sangat educating themselves and each other way faster than school we start challenging their tests. Start blowing them out of the water way younger. 

Then we do the same with FE, SAT and all those post highschool, post college graduate tests and we blow those up way younger too. 

Then we start issuing our own Associates, Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorates under our own authority. Who could question it. 

Oh...I see you got the highest score possible on the FE...at umm...thirteen...and have...four patents...and a Masters from a Khalsa University known to produce amazing graduates that exceed all western standards. Even if that is their foot in the door to Harvard to sleep through getting their paper too. Their <banned word filter activated> stamp of approval. Yawn. 

Any kid can do this. If they aren't destorying their posture, surrounded by kalyugi manmat being taught as truth, getting their kesh cut off and bullied. They can actually do school work and learn. 

[GurjantGnostic]

If you look at the services available at a military base you get a good idea what our little Bunga Gurudwara areas should look like and what resources to provide. 

Most of it costs nothing or little, some of it saves money, some of it could make money.