too realistic to be satire.
bump
“building self esteem is the number one goal of the public school system. The effort to fill a child’s head with knowledge or teach him how to solve problems shouldn’t be allowed to divert us from this higher purpose. In our modern world we have computers that can do the math. Visual and oral modes of communication have largely replaced the written word. But there is no substitute for a good self image.”
That was satire, right????
Yes, Martha.
Educators really ARE that stupid.
Education “degree”.
Duh.
I thought you were going to reference the Atlanta cheating scandal, and have him say that, since everyone knows the scores would have fallen without the teachers’ rewriting the answer sheets, it proves lower funding causes worse results.
I was all set to post a comment suggesting that California teachers have been using Atlanta teacher’s testing methods but I noticed, just in time, that this is another one of your so-close-to-the-truth-it’s-scary satires.
Good one!!