"Stewart Schooley" wrote in message
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"Tom Watson" wrote in message
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Well, I see that the usual Political Scientologists are about.

The geniuses of the moment and the arguers of the nonsensical.

Grab hold of this for a bit.

There has been more than passing mention of Education.

But it always seems to devolve about the "How".

I would like to see us address the "What".

Why, in god's name did we ever teach Latin?

If you thought that was because we gloried in a dead language - mark
that as wrong.

Why did we ever bother teaching Literature?

You probably got that wrong, too.

Why would anyone teach History?

...sigh...


There are too many who treat education as a trade school and bear
little support to the concept of it being a training ground for -
humans - citizens...

You do remember when we were citizens?

Not consumers?

Not voters?

"Next to god, of course, America, I"

Were you paying attention?

It is not about "how" we educate, it is about "what".


As always, make your choices carefully - and keep your eye on the
ball.



Regards,

Tom Watson

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)

http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/




Well, I'm trying out Firefox and haven't got it all figured out yet. Sorry
about the empty posts.

Maybe we should talk about 'who' and 'where' we teach. As a retired teacher
I know that if a kid doesn't want to learn, no amount of increased
educational spending will make him learn and if a kid wants to learn,
nothing can stop him.

There are too many schools in this country where 1/3 of the students show up
to be students,1/3 shows up to hang out and 1/3 doesn't show up.

It's time to separate students into different schools according to their
motivation and to give up the idea that if we spend enough money we can save
everybody.

Stewart