Posted on 06/20/2014 2:23:43 PM PDT by NYer
Bill Donohue comments on the response by Jody Ian Goeler, Superintendent of Schools for Regional School District 14 in Connecticut, to accusations that the Vatican website has been blocked in district schools because it promotes “hate speech”:
Yesterday afternoon, I asked Superintendent Goeler to “please identify examples of ‘hate speech’ found on the Vatican’s website.” He responded last night saying that he never “stated or implied anywhere that the Vatican website promotes or has examples of hate speech.” This resolves nothing. In a public letter released today, Goeler admits that access is provided to liberal websites, but not conservative ones. Nowhere does he address the issue of censoring the Vatican (Islamic sites are okay).
Goeler would have us believe that some kind of technological glitch is at work; he is asking the filtering service provider, Dell SonicWALL, for an explanation. But this condition is not a technological fluke—it is the work of a left-wing ideologue. Goeler’s big mistake was to state his tolerance for intolerance. “The district is trying to determine the reason for the inconsistency and if bias is pervasive enough to justify switching to another content filtering provider.” (My italics.)
I spent 20 years in education, 16 as a professor, and I cannot believe that any seasoned educator would make such a remarkable comment. Goeler would have us believe that before he can rule on this matter, he needs to know if the “bias is pervasive enough to justify switching.” Just how many websites of a “conservative”—or for that matter a “liberal”—nature have to be blocked to merit a change? And how many Catholic websites have to be censored before action is taken? The man is not suitable to work in education.
We are taking this issue to Stefan Pryor, Commissioner of the State Department of Education in Connecticut. This is a serious matter. Abridging the First Amendment can only be allowed when there is some competing interest of overriding importance. Stopping students from accessing the Vatican’s website is not one of them.
It is foolish to expect a government school to actually teach something.
It’s a good book - albeit now “old” in computer years.
Meh, I’m old, too.
My students use them for Technical drawing with AutoCAD and Inventor. They receive up to 9 credits from the local community college.
I start them out on the drawing board, after they have mastered the basics we move to the computer. I tell them straight out the only thing the computer does is allow you to make the same mistakes faster.
Companies are demanding technical competency and for my students to be able to compete in college or the job market they need to have these basic skills.
In which world was your college? First, Second, or Third?
In order for the get paid to type while power off business model to be viable, I'd guess Third. Probably Kenya or somewhere else on the same continent. LOL!
Texas.
Obviously, a technical training program in which computers are used is an exception to my generalization.
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I think you misunderstood. I was agreeing with you. I limit the scope of their use to a specific area, and they only get to use them after they have demonstrated a level of proficiency using the tried and true manual methods first.
Yes, I did misunderstand. Thanks for explaining!
Oh, no. You are quite wrong.
They teach a lot of things, and they're getting better at it as time goes by.
Moral relativism, nihilism, atheism, sexual anarchy and r-mating strategy, birth control, hatred of whites, respect for savage and barbarian cultures - the list goes on and on.
And if you don't think they are good at what they do, you must live in an over-55 community. Just check out the recent products of the system - it's all coming together.
I agree. But they should have REAL books. Unfortunately, the only books allowed into the public schools are as badly slanted as this internet program. And from what I have seen, even the Prep Schools have drifted that way.
Excellent point.
Of course they do that, but I meant teaching something positive.
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