[speaker001:] hi this my name's Bridgette
[speaker002:] Bridgette this is Maureen
[speaker001:] hi nice to meet you um do you know what we're supposed to talk about
[speaker002:] yeah if there's something wrong with the school system
[speaker001:] yeah so are you ready then okay
[speaker002:] sure
[speaker001:] I press one don't I okay I've never done this before so okay
[speaker002:] right oh you there okay
[speaker001:] uh-huh okay so what do you think is wrong with the school system
[speaker002:] well you know I was listening to uh Sixty Minutes I think the other night they had Andy Rooney on there and one of the comments he was making is that um
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know part of the problem is uh parents and um their lack I guess of uh interest in the kids in school and he said do you know basically until we change that uh we're not gonna have the kids uh get any smarter because um you know they're not encouraging their kids to do well in school so
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] otherwise we're not gonna ever achieve a good education system unless we really get the parents involved
[speaker001:] yeah I agree with that but that's coming from because I'm in college right now and seeing how the school systems are my mom's a teacher that's very hard to do in some areas you know it's like they sent
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah
[speaker001:] and I know where my mom teaches you know and she teaches in like a lower class part of Plano and where it is is they just send their kids to school and you know they don't care if they do their homework if they don't do their homework whatever
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] so she says it's very hard from that aspect I mean she'll call the parents and they you know they're like well you know that's not my responsibility it's yours
[speaker002:] um
[speaker001:] and I know she gets real frustrated being a teacher that she feels like you know that the parents aren't willing to do that which is very scary I think
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] another another thing I think though is uh I know now because I'm getting ready to graduate and friends of mine that are getting teaching degrees are um people that aren't getting a master's are having an easier time uh getting a job because they can get paid less
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] and it seems like they're just compromising good qualified educated teachers just for someone they can pay less and they get they don't get paid much now and I think that's really bad
[speaker002:] yeah it's kind of a shame that um we don't put emphasis and money where we really should I mean we've never really paid teachers real well
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] we've never paid um other public servants like the police and such very well it is kind of a shame um
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] there are some times I think that uh you know the quality of teachers may be improved upon I think what they did a few years ago was kind of a joke about testing the teachers and all
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh I think it was
[speaker002:] um I think that I think that they're made some changes you know into um the the kind of courses that should be involved in education curriculum and um trying to improve improve upon them uh somewhat but um they've never really paid you know real well and and you know people have to pick a an occupation that's gonna support themselves it can't be all sacrifice and no you know salary you got to live on something
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] but
[speaker001:] I think it's hard though because even like the like in high school and stuff you take the standardized tests and stuff and I know people that you know are like dyslexic I mean I know people in college that are like dyslexic
[speaker002:] um-hum um
[speaker001:] that I wonder how they pass through all their school you know all their years of school
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and pass through all the tests that they had to pass through and so forth to get to college because they have the hardest time you know things like that always make me wonder too I mean they make all these tests but are they really proving anything
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah true and you know some people are much better test takers than others um
[speaker001:] yeah that's definitely true
[speaker002:] some people you know um just really clam up when it comes to a test and they're so nervous about well is there a is this a trick question and instead of being real straight forward and just trying to answer it they
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um give themselves you know worse grade because they were so anxious about it
[speaker001:] see yeah
[speaker002:] and then other people you know aren't that upset about it and they test very well so there has to be different ways of of testing sometimes you know because um that isn't always a real good reflection of if the person's learned it or not
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah I agree I think there's just so many problems now with just kids you know younger these days and all the problems they have and all the problems like in general in the world like with gangs and stuff just being brought into the school is making it worse I think that's not even helping at all
[speaker002:] yeah you know uh I I wouldn't wanna be back in school now I think it uh it's a real challenge and you know um I think maybe the kids need more um I don't know counseling or or psychologists you know psychologist or just you know talking about how to get along in life if they're not getting that so much from home
[speaker001:] yeah