[geeks] Education

[Phil Stracchino]

Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> (forwarding to geeks@, as this is decidedly not rescue material)
> 
> While yours is a problem that needs to be addressed, the current model
> of NCLB is not the right tool for the job.  Funneling everyone into one
> tract of mediocre education doesn't benefit anyone.  No school would
> -ever- think of applying such a tactic to athletic programs; why do they
> do it for the thing they're supposed to do?
[...]
> I realize it sounds harsh and cold and almost eugenic, but you needn't
> go further than a newspaper from 40 or 50 years ago to see how far basic
> skills like reading comprehension have fallen in this country.  We may
> be protecting self-esteem, but we're doing so at the expense of our
> future.


With you 100%.  Though I don't know what we can easily do about it,
because so much is tied into it.

It's things like this that make me think that frankly, our society is in
far more desperate straits than it realizes.


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