A little different in my neck of the woods,
Same issues about Left leaning etc etc, and to be fair I think the majority of teachers have pride in what they do.
As Phil said the home life plays a big part, we sent our 2 boys to our local state run schools, Tom 27, ended up as a Senior Electrical Engineer with Tesla in Palo Alto, Michael 24 didn't finish year 12 and started as an Electrical apprentice and now is my gun Technical Sales guy.
We employ year 10, 11 or 12 kids straight out of school, and train them in the most politically incorrect environment as possible, they turn out men and very versatile, fabrication guys can do electrical and vice versa, allowing a small crew to do lots of work. But I digress, a tech teacher at our local secondary school helps in the selection of giving the lads a try out, if they fit in we employ them, but the BIGGEST issue we have is that the Primary (Grade) schools are not focusing on the basics for a future work life. Kids are leaving these institutions with out the ability to read, write and do core mathematics, to be fair also not all kids are like this, but it has become clear that the Primary school teachers believe to teach this mundane basic stuff is below them, when my tech teacher guy gets some of these kids for metal work etc in year 8, they don't know how to read a ruler, can't do mental arithmetic or know their times tables, I think this is where our education system has failed.
The schools focus is on "all kids will go to university" and they have funding arrangements based on completion rather than performance. This leaves a large amount of kids who may not have the brain power for higher education but can definitely be taught to build things that may never get an opportunity for a trade or similar, as Trump has brought back all those jobs that were once thought to be gone, I hope that OZ politicians see the same advantages, in the meantime I am doing my small bit for a 1/2 dozen lads from my old school.
Same issues about Left leaning etc etc, and to be fair I think the majority of teachers have pride in what they do.
As Phil said the home life plays a big part, we sent our 2 boys to our local state run schools, Tom 27, ended up as a Senior Electrical Engineer with Tesla in Palo Alto, Michael 24 didn't finish year 12 and started as an Electrical apprentice and now is my gun Technical Sales guy.
We employ year 10, 11 or 12 kids straight out of school, and train them in the most politically incorrect environment as possible, they turn out men and very versatile, fabrication guys can do electrical and vice versa, allowing a small crew to do lots of work. But I digress, a tech teacher at our local secondary school helps in the selection of giving the lads a try out, if they fit in we employ them, but the BIGGEST issue we have is that the Primary (Grade) schools are not focusing on the basics for a future work life. Kids are leaving these institutions with out the ability to read, write and do core mathematics, to be fair also not all kids are like this, but it has become clear that the Primary school teachers believe to teach this mundane basic stuff is below them, when my tech teacher guy gets some of these kids for metal work etc in year 8, they don't know how to read a ruler, can't do mental arithmetic or know their times tables, I think this is where our education system has failed.
The schools focus is on "all kids will go to university" and they have funding arrangements based on completion rather than performance. This leaves a large amount of kids who may not have the brain power for higher education but can definitely be taught to build things that may never get an opportunity for a trade or similar, as Trump has brought back all those jobs that were once thought to be gone, I hope that OZ politicians see the same advantages, in the meantime I am doing my small bit for a 1/2 dozen lads from my old school.