Why did they make learning simple things like math and reading so difficult for our children to learn?
113241
They aren't simple things to learn. They're hard to learn, and it's a long and complicated process, made more complicated by bureacacy. That's why I moved to a different country to teach.
263289
I had a math teacher, I actually felt sorry for him. He could not control the class at all. He would write on the board and there would be spit wads all over the board and in his hair. It was impossible to learn anything in his class. Some people just don't belong in the teaching profession.
284905
Well man needed to learn so that this world would be better. Like if people did not learn you would not have a computer or anything that you use your brain with. I wish that we did not have to go to school. But hey that is what learning is all about. To succeed in life.
640389
Their ability to memorize things are better since they are older and their brains are bigger.  Pre-schoolers don't have as much responsibility in memorizing because they play and eat half the time, and sleep some part of that time.  That means learning isn't only at school but at home and the world around them.  High schoolers don't have to undergo that anymore because they know enough about the world from a more mature and experienced perspective.  This was a rather weird question.
593691
Education shouldn't be dumbed down to answer to the demands of a generation that has been abusing so many things now. Students need to work harder if they really want to get something out of it. I mean, we go to school to learn. Many seem to be forgetting that nowadays.
861782
It always makes me sad when ignorance is made to seem a virtue.  And, yes, I would say religion's interference in education is a factor in the decline of education in the U.S.  I wouldn't say it's as large a factor as lack of discipline due to overcrowding in classes and parents who are too distracted by jobs or their own selfish wants to make sure kids do their homework and respect their teachers, but it's a factor nonetheless.
643698
Schools shouldn't sell anything.  They ought to worry about whether their students are learning to read and write and add and subtract.
485040
Algebra can get difficult but i get used to it and i grasped it pretty quickly.  But when i first learn some of the concepts i need to do the homework and look at it for a while.  Then, it just sticks to me.  I can understand how people can find it really confusing and difficult.
222797
It is all difficult b/c it seems so abstract at times. It is really difficult for students to grasp concepts that are so foreign! the best advice, try to relate the subject to something that they understand and already know...it will make it easier to learn!
1036962
Not all children in a grade-level classroom are at the same level in reading or math, therefore we can't simply teach them at 1 grade level. Instruction must be modified to meet students where they are, not where we think they should be. Teaching a child something above his/her current level of understanding won't help him/her learn. If we teach them information at a level they can understand they will learn and begin to 'catch up.'
240434
it is helping a child learn how to do maybe math or reading in a different way than is normally taught.  Using coping skills that best suit the child.
1052512
I think alot of parents are teaching their kids at home because they want to control what is being taught  to their kids. I am one of those parents. They are teaching kids therorys instead of facts. I teach my kids facts about life.
833581
Some schools are underfunded and overwhelmed. The teacher may not be very qualified and has too many kids in one class to be able to handle all of them. If the kid in this class has parents who work three jobs and don't have time to help them learn to read, they can end up not learning. The teacher may be so busy and frazzled that they don't notice the one kid that is faking it. Also, if the child lives under the conditions outlined above and has a learning disability, it is going to be ten times more difficult because no one is paying enough attention to spot the problem. They may just label the child "stupid" or "disruptive."
754379
Children learn in spite of their teachers....The first thing I was taught at teacher training. \n\ndrilling is fine provided you understand what you are learning. The multiplication tables are a good example of this. We used to memorise those tables like a poem. Did it help? Yes becasue they provided us with quick answers when dealing with more complex issues. \n\nThe fact is that there are some things you just need to know. You can either make the effort to remember it (and there are lots of techniques for that) or you can look it up in a book every time you need to know.
331679
They've dumbed down the curriculum and tests at schools, so that nobodies feelings get hurt. Better to have little johnny/jane feel good about themselves, and their perceived accomplishments, than to actually be able to read and write.
44472
I think most Math teachers show students how to do problems not why they're done that way.Once that building block isn't there they struggle especially in higher Math where your expected to be at a certain level of knowledge.
1033943
they should at least try u cant really teach common sense but they should teach us stuff that will actually help us in life.  Im in high school and we get taught the dumbest things that im positive will never help me in life.  Like who will ever need to know how to make a box and whisker plot? or how to find supplementary angles?