European university is a huge difference from US general education. the department of education is a staunch supporter of bureaucracy and hierarchy. as a teacher, if you aren’t doing “approved” things in “approved” ways in your classroom, you’ll be fired and stripped of your teaching license, students be damned.

this is why most US teachers are burnt out and just leave the career entirely.

the USDOE is far from functional, but it’s still better to have something (even the turd it is now) than nothing.