Student "edition" found at {thoughts dot com slash typed no space out no space loud slash blog}.

Maybe I shouldn't have started this blog now, not with everything that's been going on.

I still blame the slacker co-teacher for this, the consistently low performance of our graduates in the board exams.

To their credit, this is the first time since the start, that we have had our students take the October exam instead of the March one.

This is supposed to be more difficult, and there are more examinees, making the curve higher to traverse, so to speak.

Even our board passer who is now a teacher says that this batch did not take it as seriously as they did, even having time to answer quizzes in the social networks. Sure there is a need to relieve stress, but for hours at a time?

If there is ever any evidence that our products are half-baked and cannot survive in the real world, this is it.

You can say that the one finisher who ended up in jail for selling drugs is a fluke. Same goes the for student (not a graduate) who won in the campaign for counselor last election in a nearby city.

But mediocrity, given the so-called wisdom of crowds, defines the norm, and therefore cannot be ignored.

Add to that the fact that there are those who graduated two years ago who still now do not have jobs.

It is not even attributed to their bad credentials, but in them being too picky for their needs for a starting position.

And what about one guy already given a diploma and has taken up further studies but still has to go back to his teachers for help on these new assignments. Were they not taught self-sufficiency?

Ditto for a person who, due to a love of titles, pads his resume with all these false positions he never had.

What is worse is that when he does go back to school, he also inflates his job rank. Is it really possible for a fresh graduate to become a consultant in a multinational firm, when even his teachers doubt his abilities?

@@ At least now the dean seems to be more open to accept our graduates in jobs here in school, not just part time teaching.

It really should be the case that if a teacher highly recommends a former student for a job, they should listen.

It is the teachers who are with these students day in and day out, and will be able to see the potential and characteristics of the individual for becoming a good teacher, beyond just stock knowledge.

Well, besides that it is also the part about seeing personalities they know would not be disruptive in the workplace.

I guess that is somewhat unique in the profession of teaching: that you can already see how you can swell your ranks from those that they interact with passing through the halls of learning.

Session 2855 is trying to wax poetic, but probably needs a bit more polish. Punny. Class dismissed.