“Public schools” in the days of the Founding Fathers were locally and parentally funded and CONTROLLED establishments.
They were not the massive, out of control, useless juggernaut that the Department of Education has become and turned schools into. In those days, they actually EDUCATED the children; they left school literate, not brainwashed.
Big difference compared to public schools today.
They were not the massive, out of control, useless juggernaut that the Department of Education has become and turned schools into. In those days, they actually EDUCATED the children; they left school literate, not brainwashed.
I have been more than reasonable and patient with all of you. I am your strongest supporter. I favor an "All of the above" approach. Vouchers, Home schooling, Private school, magnet schools, Core schools, vocational schools, religious based schools.
I am the one screaming that competition breeds quality. And what do i get for my trouble: Wintertime's thinly veiled insults of "A professional educator would never....", relentless attacks besmirching my character and my profession, a complete lack of even the most basics of courtesies.
BobL being convinced that I am a woman in spite of the fact that I sent him a link to an article I wrote with a picture of my self and wintertime telling him I was a male.
While your comments have not been nearly as nasty, they do get tiresome.
I have said on numerous occasions: There are two ways that change occurs, evolution and revolution, the difference is that with evolution there is less blood shed and fewer bodies in the street.
I am scheduled to have a meeting today with Central office for me to take over the operation of our after school GED program for our county. I am doing this with the understanding that we have a more stringent attendance and achievement policy. This will require a three sided partnership between the school system, the parents, and the students.
This is a no cost to the student, program for students that have already dropped out or have requested to be dropped from the rolls.
Is the best solution, I don't know, but I do know it beats the heck of of these kids having nothing to show or limited education.
Now I am telling you this in spite of the fact that ole wintertime will scream that it is not nearly enough and that the parents should be home schooling, and I am a useful idiot, or whatever her insult of choice is this week. I am not looking for commendations or anything except for you ALL to realize that some of us are actually trying to make a difference from the inside and that a little kindness goes a long way.
Make sure you understand something wintertime and the rest of the fringe kook are not just doing your cause no good, they are actually doing it harm.
So feel free to prove me right and make some snotty condescending comments about over paid under worked teachers and administrators. But just once I would like to be wrong, just once.