Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2014 4:44:59 GMT -6
Quite so. A person could add that "the way to hell is paved with good intentions," but the fact remains that the problems in our schools are not being addressed by these standards. These standards reflect political machinations concealed as an educational panacea. THIS particular joke of a solution will crash and burn quickly, IMO...while the blame will be foisted once again on teachers. Same church, different pew. The students and the upbringing they are NOT receiving from their fractured homes are the problem. If schools are allowed to address the fact that many, if not most students refuse to do the hard work necessary for academic success and are NOT supported properly at home, we'll be able to make some inroads to our serious academic deficiencies. Do I think that will happen? Hell, no. It's not politically correct and the pencilnecks running the show are mostly flaming Liberals. Put your kid in a private/parochial school and avoid public schools like the plague, IMO. That MIGHT mean a few less material things in your home...gee whiz, you mean actually sacrifice something so your children can receive an education that demands and GETS a high level of academic output with some positive morals and values tossed in for good measure? Yep.
|
|
|
Post by job on Apr 19, 2014 6:34:01 GMT -6
Quite so. A person could add that "the way to hell is paved with good intentions," but the fact remains that the problems in our schools are not being addressed by these standards. These standards reflect political machinations concealed as an educational panacea. THIS particular joke of a solution will crash and burn quickly, IMO...while the blame will be foisted once again on teachers. Same church, different pew. The students and the upbringing they are NOT receiving from their fractured homes are the problem. If schools are allowed to address the fact that many, if not most students refuse to do the hard work necessary for academic success and are NOT supported properly at home, we'll be able to make some inroads to our serious academic deficiencies. Do I think that will happen? Hell, no. It's not politically correct and the pencilnecks running the show are mostly flaming Liberals. Put your kid in a private/parochial school and avoid public schools like the plague, IMO. That MIGHT mean a few less material things in your home...gee whiz, you mean actually sacrifice something so your children can receive an education that demands and GETS a high level of academic output with some positive morals and values tossed in for good measure? Yep.Ironically, prior to the 60s, the public schools were run like the private schools of today. The 60s, however, saw the rapid growth of constitutional rights for both students and teachers. Cases like Pickering, Scoville and Tinker made it difficult to discipline both teachers and students. At the same time, teachers were being trained to make school "fun" and "relevant" for students. Social promotion became common. Administrators were being trained to use "positive" as opposed to "negative" evaluations of teachers. The 60s also was the era of post Sputnik angst and the dozens of "new" ways of teaching discussed elsewhere on this blog. If you really want to see how education has changed, read some of the tens of thousands of letters written by soldiers during the Civil War. Very few of those soldiers had more than an 8th grade education, but a surprising number of their letters are extremely well written. If you want to get even more discouraged, take a look at the text books used in high schools in the 20s and 30s. No pablum in those books. In contrast, read the following. www.textbookleague.org/82dumbo.htm
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2014 6:43:11 GMT -6
From the Nazis: The 25-point Program of the NSDAP included this gem...#20
Yeah...oops!
|
|