Posted on 05/04/2020 4:13:28 AM PDT by Kaslin
Hopefully, no one will forget our debt to Rudolf Flesch. He was a great man with a great mind.
Almost forty years ago, Flesch published Why Johnny STILL Can't Read, wherein he continued his crusade against Whole Word (AKA Whole Language, Sight-Words, and other aliases). In this book, Flesch attacked the Education Establishment and its counterfeit merchandise in a unique way. He pointed out that all the things the professors assert most loudly and proudly are nothing but alibis — a polite way of saying lies.
Has there ever been a field, in all of human history, that could be best defined by its alibis and lies? And not just a few of them. There are ten big ones. Identifying and illuminating them are where Flesch's genius shone.
Our Education Establishment, in its dedication to falsity, is almost superhuman. After all these years, these people are still pushing the same inferior theories and methods. Their gimmicks are disproven by almost all research and experience. These faux reading experts can do nothing but build a case on lies.
The Education Establishment tells these lies because its partisans know that the public wants desperately to believe they are true. The educrats are happy to let you have your illusions, as these are the intellectual basis for their dumbing down of America.
The first lie is "Everything Is Hunky-Dory." Isn't that comforting and reassuring? Parents with kids who can hardly read a word are naturally worried and nervous. Teachers, in many different ways, are trained to say everything is perfect, your child is on track to be a lifelong reader, don't worry.
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Almost forty years ago, Flesch published Why Johnny STILL Can’t Read,but he feels good because the keep telling him he’s special.
Something about going “blind”?
Education in America is a form of Socialist Indoctrination.
The interest in education ceased years ago and was replaced by the Socialist/Communist manifesto adhered to by the 60’s crowd that moved into positions of the “education” department and instituted their thoughts.
As far as calling anything in the “education” area education is a sad, sad joke.
Some years ago, I read a study that said we (the USA) were incredibly low when it came to math and reading scores, but our kids were tops when it came to how they felt about how they were doing.
Mark
Sounds like schools are more of a day care than an education center.
#2, pay for performance/merit pay is not fair
#3, teaching diversity, environmentalism, and liberalism helps kids.
#4, Competition for schools is bad
#5, We need to protect free thought, so we cannot fire bad teachers #6, We can't track students by their ability, it's not fair and stigmatizes others #7, we need one size fits all, training for blue collar jobs is not a good idea
The more local you go in government the worse the effectiveness gets. Our local school board is run by a bunch of complete morons.They break the law and cannot budget their way out of a paper bag. And yes vocal parents are ridiculed and belittled. They are up for trying every dumb idea that consultants foist on them. They are disfunctional at a breathtaking level.
Our local board is controlled by teachers from outside the district who reside in the district.
Wealthy people do this by sending their children to $25,000 per year private schools. Many liberals do this even though, publicly, they advocate for public schools. Case in point: Obama.
Everyone should have the ability to do this using the 10-$15,000 per student we spend. We need more localized school competition and provide choice to parents and students.
exactly. Tax money should follow the child, not the school system. Good schools would thrive. Lousy schools would fail. Children would have a chance at a great education without the bureaucracy taking up so much of the tax money.
That isn't the attitude about schools, that is the attitude about Social Security. "I paid in to it, and I want my money." Schools, we send our kids there because school attendance is required by law, and conservatives tend to obey laws.
“That isn’t the attitude about schools, that is the attitude about Social Security. “I paid in to it, and I want my money.” Schools, we send our kids there because school attendance is required by law, and conservatives tend to obey laws.”
True on Social Security, even if all the money that was sent in was SPENT long ago by the people we elected [hence SS was nothing more than another income tax].
As to public schools, at least in the United States, there are options to stay clear of them - and many conservative have done that, just not enough, not even nearly enough. They’ve won and they own our kids, whether we like it or not.
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