Re: Scare of the day...

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:49:05 +0100, Eeyore wrote:



Joe Chisolm wrote:

Now days the taking of education (and private property) is the preferred
method. An education is powerful weapon that has to be controlled and
provided in a manner that the State sees fit. Local control over
education is being eroded and replaced by central government control.

'Taking' of what education exactly ?

I did hear science education is no longer mandatory in at least some parts
of the USA. That seems inexcusable to me. Anything else ?

Graham

Google "dumbing down of America"
The states make their test scores go up by dumbing down the test. That
way they keep their funding. Kind of like saying "hey we have 100%
successful packet transmission since we raised transmit power and
lowed the bit rate. Where's my raise?".

Many local community colleges now have remedial reading classes to try
and help high school graduates actually learn how to read and prepare
for university classes. A quality education is one thing a community
can give a child that cannot be taken away by the state. While not
spelled out in the Bill of Rights, an education became a "right" that
most people expect for their children. Federal, state and local
governments are taking that right of education away from the children
by providing a marginal, lowest common dominator teaching effort.
Many schools are viewed as nothing more than day care centers for the
children.

It's not just math and science. Reading, writing, history, and civics
are all being "dumbed down". The central government, through money
grants, controls what and how a subject will be taught. Buck the
system and you loose big money. I have aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters
and now nieces and nephews that are all teachers. They all comment
on the decline of the school system. Give a kid a failing grade and
you will likely be in the Principal's office with the parent (note NOT
plural) complaining how you have damaged the parent's .. er excuse me
... the student's esteem. In the system created by the state, it's
just not worth the hassle, pass the little tike on. My brother-in-law
substitute teaches and had to break up a fight between a couple of 8
year olds. Spent the next 4 hours filling out paper work.

I would contend that in the past a government was more concerned about
an armed populace. Now, knowledge, information and a education are
more dangerous to the government. A dumbed down population is less
likely to question the actions of the governing elite. Make them
more and more dependent on the government for basic needs and the
politician and un-elected bureaucrat strengthen their position.

And as a side note, since I do live a little north of Austin Texas, a
recent audit of the University of Texas football program was rather
interesting. One line item was they spent close to $40,000 paying
"helpers" to make sure the football players actually went to class.

--
Joe Chisolm
Marble Falls, TX

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