Posted on 02/22/2010 3:54:00 PM PST by BruceDeitrickPrice
Why do we have so many problems in the public schools?
I’m always trying to boil the answer down to the essentials. This try is less than 600 words. Here's how it starts:
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"Simply judging by appearances, you might suspect that the American Education Establishment is hostile to Knowledge, Kids and the USA. When you look closer, you are sure.
What do Knowledge, Kids, and the USA have in common?
Here’s the common denominator: the (American) Education Establishment is contemptuous of all three.
Do you think I jest or exaggerate? Not at all. The truth is straightforward, and easy to explain.
In the matter of Knowledge,...."
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
big bump
And they wonder why we homeschool.
There is a very good book called “Super Crunchers” and in it the author described the type of schooling that is most effective. Unfortunately, I left the book at work. The essense was that the teachers follow a script but I don’t remember what the method is called. Any freepers out there with a copy of “Super Crunchers” handy?
Let me clear this up for you very quickly. Public education is organized according to socialist principles. There are two things we know about socialism:
1. It never works.
2. Socialism is unreformable.
If you are willing to face this truth, you can then come up with solutions. Failing that, whatever you do is futile.
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