and I'm glad that it used to be a beacon for people looking for a fresh start.
At least in terms of community, it seems the benefits have been squandered in favor of profits.
At this point I'm mostly out of fight and ready for flight...
It is going to be an interesting few decades ahead if this doesn't change in the US. Will there be a brain drain there too?
Imo, the brain drain has already been happening to those who are too distracted to engage in educating and improving themselves. The state of education very generally has gotten so poor in the US due to how poorly the teachers are paid. Trust me I tried to go the route of the teacher in the US and it was a dead end. There are fewer and fewer skilled teachers dedicating their lives to the craft, and it is leading to this brain drain actively.
Absolutely! Weapons of mass distraction.
And there is another factor too, as parents are also less skilled and discipline less, making kids quite terrible in some areas. Who would want to be a teacher in a place of so many school shootings? The world is a mess.
Agreed, a lot of the issues start with the parents. It seems like many believe the school is now the primary place for their children to be educated, but fail to realize it is really at home where the students do their primary learning and the teachers at school should always be secondary to the parents.