Education in the hands of Politicians (UK)

Originally posted by @divegeester
Teaching is a tough job, well it is here in the UK it seems. I couldn’t and wouldn’t do it, but kudos to those who do. I suppose lecturing in University is a lot easier than teaching kids??

I guess.

Teaching can be easy or hard depending on the kids.

The admin, paperwork et cetera is massive.
In the UK I worked evenings, weekends and holidays and
still could not fulfil the expected duties. Nobody did. I saw
the other day that more and more are leaving teaching..
Sad.

Originally posted by @whodey
In the States, if kids can read and write before they graduate high school, that is considered a success.

To be fair, for a Yankee redneck, that is an achievement. Not even your prez had managed that.