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To: Amelia
I came upon an idea yesterday that people should advance to their local school boards. I belive it would have a profound effect on what teachers think they can get away with in the class room.

Mandate that ALL work done by students be submitted to parents at the end of each quarter/semester. This would include any petitions signed, etc. This would give parents the following:
1. Parents get to see what questions their children are supposed to answer 'correctly', and expose the bias that their children are forced to regurgitate to get good grades.
2. Parents would be able to see that a 23% on a history test can be a B+ or an A!
3. Parents would be able to read the liberal drivel that their children write in their papers after being indoctrinated into the sick, dimented philosophy that their professors force on them on a daily basis.

The liberals would argue that this would have a chilling effect on the "personal development" of students political/philosophical development. The counter is that a school does not have the right to impose the direction of a child's development in our schools -- that is a job for parents and our greater culture. If their is a 'chilling' effect, then obviously, the students are not comfortable with their 'own' views... Otherwise they would be happy to confront their parents with their ideas, rather than adopting them to become 'accepted' by their peers and professors.

5 posted on 05/31/2002 8:09:21 AM PDT by max_rpf
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To: max_rpf
I came upon an idea yesterday that people should advance to their local school boards. I belive it would have a profound effect on what teachers think they can get away with in the class room.

Most teachers aren't trying to "get away with things" in the classroom....in part, what's done in the classroom reflects the community. In very conservative areas, most of the teachers are conservatives too, or they don't last. In other areas, they're liberals, and they really believe what they are doing is correct.

Mandate that ALL work done by students be submitted to parents at the end of each quarter/semester.

Most work is given back to the students anyway. Who has room (or inclination) to store all that stuff? Go through your child's book bag & ask for his or her papers.

6 posted on 05/31/2002 8:41:56 AM PDT by Amelia
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To: max_rpf
good thought ... but it will never happen
8 posted on 06/06/2002 9:40:54 AM PDT by Bodie
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