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Re: The perfect math curr - Start at removing items
Posted by ACP on 5/06/08

    "How in the world do you getup every school day to teach something you can't justify?"

    Oh gee! Here we go off the deep end. Is their no middle ground for you folks? Is your
    entire day lived in black and white? Is there nothing you dislike about your day? If so, why
    do you bother to get up? Ridiculous notion right? I have learned to be positive about my lot
    in life even if everything isn't perfect. I guess in your world it is all or nothing. Again,
    there is a middle road here. Look for it and you shall find.


    "But we DO give parents a choice and by proxy the students get a choice. WE elect folks who
    set the curriculum or, at the very least, we elect the ones who appoint the leaders who . .
    . . We seem to have problem electing, or accepting appointments, of people who believe that
    there are hard, fast rules that can be implemented. Want to see your dream plan become
    reality? Lets start kids in school at age 6, have them leave at age 16. The will attend
    school 8 hours a day, 10 and 1/2 months out of every year. Fortget every kid goes to
    college - that option will only be available for those who, by the age of 16, show the
    intellectual capacity and maturity to succeed. The others have a two year stint in a
    vocational training program (sound familiar yet?)."


    Well in an entirely philosophical sense I agree with you that we do have choices. In a
    practical sense, maybe not so true. But I do agree with you. If we don't like the leaders
    making the rules than by golly let's change the leaders. Government 101. Easier said than
    done of course.

    Again, you are going off the deep end on your second comment. Ahhhh grasshopper, look for the
    gray in life. I don't recall suggesting that some governing body decide who gets to go to
    college and who gets to work in the substandard vocational positions. What I said was give
    students and parents a choice. Today, as we sit typing on our computers, there are very few
    choices in public education. Some are trying to change this via vouchers but that is another
    topic for another time. The fact is, that a student entering public education at preschool or
    kindergarten age has his entire education scripted. Period! There are few choices - maybe an
    elective here, an elective there, but that is it. I disagree with your suggested scenario but
    in a way it is happening today. The real difference is we are making decision for students
    before they can even ride a bicycle -- they must go to college! Somehow we have decided that
    the college track is the RIGHT track for every student entering the system. Now how much more
    ludicrous is this than waiting until they are 13-17 and then letting the student and parents
    make the decision?

    Anyway, I appreciate a good debate. Let's hear your suggestions for improving the system
    other than a romantic notion of replacing the entire federal and state legislative bodies.

     
     

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