Say Anything Blog

In response to the discussion question...let’s not forget the eyesore/crime-magnet known as “government housing.”

Public “education” is a misnomer.  It’s an indoctrination camp...anyone who doesn’t believe that should start taking a look at what happens when parents try to boycott the public education system, and school their kids at home. (shameless plug)

Jenn

Greetings:

Back in 1993, almost 20 years after receiving my first B.A. degree, I returned to college to study printing management.  As an older and self-supporting student, I was on a compressed schedule and wanted only to take courses that I felt had a specific benefit to myself.  Unfortunately, there was a college requirement that I take an English Composition class and I preferred to take a computer course instead.  So, off I went to see my guidance counselor.

When I arrived, I laid out my case and presented samples of my previous academic and professional writings.  Regrettably, my counselor remained not only unconvinced but also somewhat didactic.  “Mr. Sullivan,” she began, “we cannot let you graduate from Cal Poly not knowing how to write.”

“Well, then,” I replied, “things have changed since the last time I went to college.  Back then, you didn’t get into college not knowing how to write.”

I failed to accomplish my purpose that day, but I felt I had earned my degree in “smart-aleck-ology.”

I blame the teacher’s unions who combat any attempt to introduce accountability and a competitive spirit into our education systems with the sort of wild-eyed zeal usually reserved for religious crusades.

I blame George Bush. This is fun!!!

As the article so clearly points out, this problem predates the Bush administration by several decades.
I blame FDR.

"Give the lefties a pile of money, and they’ll spend it buying votes.” - Rush Limbaugh on the “bailout”.

As the article so clearly points out, this problem predates the Bush administration by several decades.
I blame FDR.

Around 20 years ago when Apple, IBM, MicroSoft, HP, etc were growing gangbusters these mega corporations raided the educational sector. They were offering teachers with four year degrees and 4 years of experience $60,000 per year. Today, a teacher with a masters and 10 years experience is still not making that much money.

The result was that the talent left the educational sector and the ones, less ambitious, less skilled, and more concerned with their tenure stayed. Why would any talented individual take a job where they know that 10 years from now, they will be making half of what they could be making? A higher calling? Not these people.

Then, of course, the educational sector began to have problems and the government, in its typical fashion, got involved and implemented legislation and testing that finished screwing up the system and punishes the kids instead of the teachers for not doing their jobs. Money is now taken away from schools when they need more of it.

The corporations have responded to the problem they mostly caused by whining that they can no longer find skilled workers and pressure Congress for more FICA visa to fill their job openings at lower pay rates.

This problem will not be fixed until teacher salaries are almost doubled and they are forced to keep their jobs based on their performance. The test results reflect on the teachers, not the kids.

...they are forced…

This says it all; lefties always need force to implement their agenda.  The fact is, like all other socialist endeavors, our govt schools are administration topheavy.  The administrators, who teach no students, make about twice as much as the teachers.  Add to that the gigantic budget for the Dept of Education, which also teaches no students, and you have a financial drain.  And yet all you lefties are willing to do is to raise taxes, a lot of it from people who have no children.
Govt schools need market-based responsibility, not more of what has caused the problem in the first place: govt monopoly.
Your attempt to blame corporations for the clusterfuck situation in govt schools is pathetic.

"Give the lefties a pile of money, and they’ll spend it buying votes.” - Rush Limbaugh on the “bailout”.