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To: nicmarlo

You hate the idea of federal control. But the federal govt is already so involved in higher ed. I can see where things could change 180 degrees if Congress would withhold fed funds (pell grants, scholarship, loan money) unless a university has in place a plan to increase academic diversity.


67 posted on 02/10/2005 8:49:03 PM PST by jwalburg (Those buried included children still clutching toys)
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To: jwalburg
That would probably help.

It would also help if some parents would pay more attention to what is filling up their children's minds while in the lower grades. We can't lay all the blame on the college professors/universities. Parents do play a huge part in shaping their children's thoughts.

But, sometimes, parents can only do so much....the other problem is that many, many educators and administrators (with the Churchill agenda) in the lower grades speak psycho-babble or talk down to parents as a means of intimidation because those parents who are "too" inquisitive, or "too" involved with wanting information as to the goings-on at their children's schools, are a threat to their liberal agenda. If parents don't get proper answers or have some kind of community support (i.e., other parents/parents groups), they have great difficulty in deciphering what is actually being taught vs. what they're told is being taught. A group of parents would be better able to do something about the crap being shoved down their children's throats.

If only educators would stop being "facilitators of social change" and concern themselves, instead, with educating children with computation, reading, writing, and other required skills.

68 posted on 02/10/2005 9:13:21 PM PST by nicmarlo
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