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Of course it's evil, but where else are
companies going to get workers who will
not question or think for themselves? The
people running the country will not be
public school graduates, that role will be
filled by the private school graduates who
are getting a real education.

On 11/05/15, harpazo wrote:
> On 11/05/15, T wrote:
>>
>> Teachers are teaching to the test
because
>> that is what the state wants. When your
>> career rests in the hands of test
scores
>> the tests becomes the curriculum. It is
>> not just the inner city schools either.
>> My daughter who attends a rural school
>> had to complete 2 point responses every
>> night for homework last year. They read
>> non-fiction passages, not books, all
>> year. The goal is to dumb them down so
>> they can't think for themselves. State
a
>> claim, find evidence from the text to
>> support your claim. There is no more
>> text to self thinking, background
>> knowledge, or making connections to the
>> text. As David Coleman says " No one
>> gives a s@$t what you think."
>
> To dumb them down, you say. Is this not
> evil? I was a sub teacher for 8 years. I
> left for many years but mainly because I
> could no longer see the corrupt system
steal
> a solid education from students who
> desperately need to learn and prepare
for
> life. To keep people ignorant is evil in
> every which way.
>>
>>
>> On 11/05/15, harpazo wrote:
>>> Students in NYC public schools are not
>>> learning, especially in the ghetto
>> areas.
>>> They are promoted from grade to grade
>>> without preparation. Parents have no
>> idea
>>> what is going on. It is a vicious
cycle
>> that
>>> never ends. Good teachers that want to
>> teach
>>> are not allowed to do so. Teachers are
>>> teaching the test and nothing more.

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