A textbook case of stupidity (Proposed 200-page-limit on student reading matter)

The Orange County Register ^ | June 9, 2005 | hugh Glenn

[Taft in '52]

A textbook case of stupidity:
Assembly's call for 200-page-limit on student reading matter is beyond folly

By HUGH GLENN
The Anaheim resident is an education consultant and online editor who lives in Anaheim.

Efforts to dumb down California public schools continue unabated. The most recent action is the Assembly passing AB 756, a bill by Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg that would prevent school districts from using any instructional material that exceeds 200 pages. Assemblyman Keith Richman calls it "ridiculous" and "the epitome of micromanagement." Jack O'Connell, state superintendent of public instruction, surprisingly, has remained silent. Astoundingly, 42 legislators (including Orange County's Tom Umberg) approved AB 756 - a vote so dumb that Gov. Schwarzenegger now looks like Socrates and Solomon rolled into one.

[Taft in '52]

Oh, wait, it is in California. Normal rules of disbelief are suspended, and any level of stupidity is possible. Ye gads.

There's still hope. California voters put Goldwater over the top in 1964, launched Ronald Reagan's career, and have only elected three Democratic governors since World War II.

Although the state is now solidly in the Democratic column, voters 2003 ousted Democratic Governor Gray "Gumby" Davis over the opposition of the state's liberal establishment, and in the 2004 election, two thirds of the state's counties voted Republican.

To paraphrase Jesse Jackson, "keep hope alive."

[MD_Willington_1976]

Exactly...

quite crafty actually...they dumb down the populace the same way in 1984...Stupid, unarmed people are easy to manage.