Teacher frustrated with test focus · Know Your Place

S04E09 · SCENE 42/43 · 52:02

Know Your Place · school hallway

Teacher frustrated with test focus

A teacher expresses frustration with teaching to the test instead of real education.

52:02→52:09

in the episode · 0m 07s · S04E09

What happens

52:02–52:09

A teacher complains that the focus on test scores is ruining education. He says he came to teach, not to juke stats.

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52:03
''D Money saves Pitman''?

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Beats

52:18Teacher says he came to teach

Scene in the episode

52:02–52:09

A · Bodie street crew

1 39

B · Carcetti political transition

7 36 40

C · Bubbles informant deal

18 32

D · School and community

2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 37 38 41 42 43 44 46

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