I go back to Shakespearian line 'Let's first kill all the lawyers'. For me the lawyers have ruined so many things, and then second the teachers Union.
When I was in 8th grade and moved to another state to start 9th, I realized very quickly that my current 8th grade education was pretty much equal to the new states 9th grade class requirements. Being totally new to the state/city/school I went along with what the school curriculum was and found my 9th grade subject matter to be relatively easy, as it was for the most part a repeat of my previous year.
Now those two state schools are equal in one sense and that is that there is no longer a difference, but also equal in the sense that they both are in no way academic scholar type school curriculums.
The ignorance of a DOE that could allow for such dumbing down of the students is insulting. The ignorance of a school administration to allow for this dumbing down is appalling, and the ignorance of the parents to allow for it is just disheartening.
But one of the real culprits in all of this is the school unions who only want to protect the teachers under the guise of protecting the students. All the while the unions collect their dues and donate to political offices, mostly democrat, who can help to keep them in power.
The ignorance of the general public not to see this is where the real problem is right now. I sure hope they abolish the DOE and begin a real hard look at not only graduation requirements but also Union involvement. My 2 cents.
"... the Department of Education should be abolished." Let the revolution begin.
I go back to Shakespearian line 'Let's first kill all the lawyers'. For me the lawyers have ruined so many things, and then second the teachers Union.
When I was in 8th grade and moved to another state to start 9th, I realized very quickly that my current 8th grade education was pretty much equal to the new states 9th grade class requirements. Being totally new to the state/city/school I went along with what the school curriculum was and found my 9th grade subject matter to be relatively easy, as it was for the most part a repeat of my previous year.
Now those two state schools are equal in one sense and that is that there is no longer a difference, but also equal in the sense that they both are in no way academic scholar type school curriculums.
The ignorance of a DOE that could allow for such dumbing down of the students is insulting. The ignorance of a school administration to allow for this dumbing down is appalling, and the ignorance of the parents to allow for it is just disheartening.
But one of the real culprits in all of this is the school unions who only want to protect the teachers under the guise of protecting the students. All the while the unions collect their dues and donate to political offices, mostly democrat, who can help to keep them in power.
The ignorance of the general public not to see this is where the real problem is right now. I sure hope they abolish the DOE and begin a real hard look at not only graduation requirements but also Union involvement. My 2 cents.
Outstanding, Michael. I believe that willful ignorance is very important, together with apathy drive Democrats.
Both these are hard to penetrate.
Thank you, again.
Definitely sharing.
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