I find Mr. Thurmond’s remarks are just plain insulting and condescending.
He is saying it’s ok for Johnny to not have basic knowledge. It is ok for Johnny to go through life not knowing how to read a ruler, mix paint, combine measuring cups, read a gas gauge , etc. It is ok for Johnny to go through life doing just menial labor because he doesn’t have basic skills.
Rather than condemn Johnny to a menial existence ,how about Mr. Thurmond and the most benevolent Gates Foundation develop teaching tools for those who are math challenged . ( Like me ) How about Mr. Thurmond and the most benevolent Gates Foundation ensure that teachers have the necessary skills and resources to teach math.
This just burns me ! How do we develop and improve our society and cultures when we are content to say it’s ok for Johnny to remain ignorant . How is it ok to just pass Johnny through the system who won’t know how to count their change from the grocery clerk or even get a voter ID in later life.
I don’t know how Mr. Thurmond got to be a school superintendent without some basic common sense. Apparently he missed some schooling somewhere along the line.
This is satire so is “Mr. Thurmond’” even real or is he a comic metaphor for the average California educrat?
I believe they are thinking that all Johnny needs to do is follow the orders their progressive leaders issue. Then all we be well as docile and ignorant proles obey their betters.