I swear, these people have got too much spare time on their hands. Yes, I am aware of the hypocrisy.
These beaurocrats man, I am going to go postal one day, and it will all be because of them! They have absolutely nothing to do, so every now and then when they’re about to be fired for lack of need, they deliberately misinterpret some statistics, and start screaming and flailing, telling everyone that there’s something seriously wrong with the educational system, and that they’ve got all these brilliant ideas! Now everything will be better! And in one, two, three, we have a reform on our hands. Sometimes they’re in such a rush that they don’t even have the time to call it a reform before they get fired, so they just send out the proposal to teachers, and pretend that that’s what they’ve been working on all along, and that it’s actually just a part of the previous reform.
And somehow the shockwaves stemming from the actions of these raving lunatics always manages to hit my generation first! I believe it’s time for a short summary.
1st grade: Screw you! You’re not going to start in first grade! We’ve got a wonderful new reform, so you’ve got to skip directly up to 2nd grade!
8th grade (first year in middle school): They did something to the structure of teaching, can’t even remember what. Wasn’t major.
11th grade (first year in high school): We’ve got this brand new idea! We’re going to change the names of all of your subjects, the structure of the entire grading system, which subjects you can and have to take, you have to buy brand new books, plus a computer!
13th grade (last year of high school): We’re not going to let you leave one week early unless you show up to these lectures during your only free block!
13th grade (still last year of high school): We’re putting together a commission to make your exams guys! And they’re not going to be like anything you’ve done before, ever! Aren’t you lucky!
I swear, if they chuck one more reform at my generation they’re going to have either a mass suicide, or riots in the streets. Either way, it won’t be pretty! That last one we were informed of today, with exams less than two months away. Honestly, couldn’t they have waited two more friggin months? No, I suppose not, after all, they didn’t even have the time to call it a reform this time. I’m starting to believe that they’re doing it on purpose, just as an experiment to find out how much a generation can take before it crumbles. Don’t they have anything better to do?
Song of the Blog: Fuck You Very Much
Sincerely
Bjørn
