Random Variable

I no longer take comfort that teaching in the UK is nowhere near as bad as the American education depicted in HBO’s The Wire. In Episode 3, the first day of school ends with someone’s face being sliced with a flick knife. The teacher, an ex-cop, distraught prepares a talk to comfort the kids the following day, but they, however, seem to have already forgotten the event. As Adam R writes on The Weblog, “It’s great that it’s good, but is it good that it’s real?”

Is there any clearer indicator that the American education system is in dire need of a reboot?