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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Standards have declined because behaviour and discipline have declined.This is asa result of children and parents now exclusively regarding their own rights as paramount.The rights of educators to do their job unimpeded and other students to get a hassle free education don't even figure.
Also business and would be employers are always complaining about this every decade..they said the same during the period of Grammar schools.They tend to see education as being only for turning out a trained workforce that they can then put straight to work without any expenditure on their part.
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It does seem to have become that children are taking the lead with parental support. Rather than teachers having the lead with parental support.
Would also add the loss of the apprentice system has skewed the education system toward academic study which is not suitable for all.