Current failures and deceptions of our political elders triggers my seeking out this classic essay which I saved many years ago. Fortunately, someone else posted a copy online to save me the time from retyping the entire piece.
1 posted on
06/12/2014 6:30:42 PM PDT by
wtd
To: wtd
![](http://www.educationreformbooks.net/images/DumbingDownT.jpg)
Public School isn't intended to help you.
2 posted on
06/12/2014 6:34:03 PM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: wtd
Weather men can be wrong most of the time. What does 40% chance of rain mean?
3 posted on
06/12/2014 6:43:13 PM PDT by
mommyq
To: wtd
![](http://www.collectoons.com/imgtoon/701/702/20100101_121507chode.gif)
unless you are in a union or worse yet, a government union...
5 posted on
06/12/2014 7:20:51 PM PDT by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: wtd
If that's how we've trained you, you should sue us! If we've taught you that in Biology, for instance, you only need to learn 30 things this week to pass the quiz on Friday, or that in English there are only 50 facts you need to know about Romeo & Juliet - - the facts you drilled on with worksheets and know will be on the test -- then we've taught you incorrectly. It won't be like that in college -- or in life. A real test is a SAMPLE: out of the hundreds or thousands of things you are expected to know, a test samples a few. That's why it's hard to study for a real test, like SAT: there isn't just a short set of facts you can memorize because you know they'll be on the test. I was thinking about the common complaint among teachers about having to "teach to the test." I think this is what they were referring to: that they are teaching the answers expected to be found on the test, and not the subject matter. That is not how they should be teaching.
If you are preparing for a test on fruit fly anatomy, you should learn all of the body parts, not just the ten you expect to find on the test. Then, for the rest of your life, you will squint at tiny fruit fly legs, looking for that microscopic sex comb found only on males...
6 posted on
06/12/2014 7:28:22 PM PDT by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: wtd
“Name one occupation in which it is OK to be right only 70% of the time.”
Baseball, football, rugby and a few other sports where the players earn gazillions of dollars per year.
7 posted on
06/12/2014 7:34:58 PM PDT by
Rembrandt
(Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
To: wtd
What job lets you be totally wrong three times out of every tenBe a cable news pundit.
9 posted on
06/12/2014 8:05:07 PM PDT by
eclecticEel
("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
To: wtd
(Name one occupation in which it is OK to be right only 70% of the time. What job lets you be totally wrong three times out of every ten — and keep your job more than a week or two?)
Weather Forecaster
President of the US
Any Political Office
Baseball player
Basketball player
and on and on.............
10 posted on
06/12/2014 9:26:50 PM PDT by
48th SPS
To: wtd
Name one occupation in which it is OK to be right only 70% of the time Baseball!
To: wtd
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A RETEST In school, you are taught a lesson and then given a test.
In life, you are given a test that teaches you a lesson.
To: wtd
Name one occupation in which it is OK to be right only 70% of the time.
TV Weather Forecaster.
(that was an EASY one!)
15 posted on
06/13/2014 9:11:09 AM PDT by
Peet
(Liberals are the feces that are created when shame eats too much stupid. -Dale Gribble)
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