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i cant really read the article but i remember for our minimum standards test our teacher let us use our own calculator
Some teachers are like actual idiots, our school has this infamously bad sub who tries too hard but don't have the skillset to teach. Like she's supposedly trained as a science teacher but when one of my classmate asked her a physics question, she responded with "ummm you're supposed to this question by yourself and I'm not supposed to help you", mind you only a minute ago she told our class that she can help bcs she's a 'science teacher' and the question my classmate asked was a prac question from our textbook. She also once subbed in for english, and told me to use ai to write my practise imaginative like wtf????? Anyways I think we should make the requirements for becoming a teacher higher and give them better bonuses otherwise the next generation will become dumber.
 

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At its heart, this is a result of societal attitudes towards teaching. It's not even entirely about pay, because Australia's teachers have strong salaries compared to other countries, but teachers are just generally not well respected here. Education isn't valued very highly in general, and many people go into teaching as a last resort. I have several high-achieving friends who were originally thinking of becoming teachers, but decided to go for more prestigious options, either because of peer pressure or parental influence. I don't think declining teacher quality will stop being a problem any time soon :(
 

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Some teachers are like actual idiots, our school has this infamously bad sub who tries too hard but don't have the skillset to teach. Like she's supposedly trained as a science teacher but when one of my classmate asked her a physics question, she responded with "ummm you're supposed to this question by yourself and I'm not supposed to help you", mind you only a minute ago she told our class that she can help bcs she's a 'science teacher' and the question my classmate asked was a prac question from our textbook. She also once subbed in for english, and told me to use ai to write my practise imaginative like wtf????? Anyways I think we should make the requirements for becoming a teacher higher and give them better bonuses otherwise the next generation will become dumber.
the reason why the requirements for becoming a teacher arent that high is because its in demand and like @Hehehe22 said a lot of people dont want to go into education
 

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the reason why the requirements for becoming a teacher arent that high is because its in demand and like @Hehehe22 said a lot of people dont want to go into education
I have an issue with saying half a sentence and never finishing it, but yeah i know the reasons behind the low requirement and the lack of respect educators get from broader society annoys me. In a way, I feel like that's a reason why some countries do better than others in terms of education.
 

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Unpopular opinion, but I don't think the education system is horrible in Australia, if anything one of the possible problems would be attitudes towards education.
Yeah true. But also the teacher problem, the hsc system/syllabus for certain subjects and making education more fair and accessible for all people is something they still have to fix. Especially the problem with public schools lacking resources and funding. And most importantly #antihscenglish lol
 

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Unpopular opinion, but I don't think the education system is horrible in Australia, if anything one of the possible problems would be attitudes towards education.
But yeah even the kids in my brother’s primary school complain about only 20 mins of homework a day in year 5 and all they do is play Roblox all day long, showing no interest in learning what so ever. And that’s influencing my brother too
 

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when im taught from teachers who actually like teaching i love the class when im taught by teachers who dont gaf i in turn dont give a gaf so trust i will teach history and sac with passion so the kids i teach love it do not worry guys im gonna save the australian education system
 

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wait if i want to be a high school teacher do i have to do the test because i dont do math for a reason
 

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when im taught from teachers who actually like teaching i love the class when im taught by teachers who dont gaf i in turn dont give a gaf so trust i will teach history and sac with passion so the kids i teach love it do not worry guys im gonna save the australian education system
Yess ur gonna be the sac teacher I wish I had. Are u gonna be an Eng teacher too hehe
 

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I personally think high school education is still pretty good here. But I'm telling you its primary education that's the real problem. And I don't know if the primary syllabus' changed since I was in primary school, but the kids now don't even know what a synonym is. Like I remember writing whole personal essays after the holidays since yr 2 and now-a-days people in yr7/8 are finding it hard cause they didn't learn the basics in primary.
 

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wait if i want to be a high school teacher do i have to do the test because i dont do math for a reason
All teachers in training have to sit the LANLITE. In short, yes. But it's not like you'll be having to do calculus to pass the maths section; it's pretty simple maths, so as long as you have some intuition with maths, it shouldn't be too tricky.
 

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