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- From: mattair@sun44.synercom.hounix.org (Charles Mattair)
- Subject: Re: Vouchers; erroneously labeled: State Income Tax
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.183651.21833@sun44.synercom.hounix.org>
- Organization: Synercom Technology, Inc., Houston, TX
- References: <C1Bq9A.1CFx@austin.ibm.com> <1993Jan24.192214.17164@rpp386> <jrh.2b637dfc-e@mustang.dell.com>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:36:51 GMT
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- In article <jrh.2b637dfc-e@mustang.dell.com> jrh@mustang.dell.com (Randy Howard) writes:
- >jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II) writes:
- >
- >>Yup. We've been trying for years to get teachers to stop playing
- >>socialist experiments with America's children, but they've not
- >>listened. Now it's time we took our ball and went someplace else.
- >
- >Hey! John, guess what? I found something we can agree on. Public schools
- >are going to perdition in a pushcart, and quickly. This new buzzword,
- >"Outcome-Based Education" is one that really scares me. It sounds good,
- >doesn't it? Catchy name. Funny how the worst programs always have the
- >snazziest names.
- >
-
- Come on guys - lighten up. Besides, John, I thought you were married to
- a teacher. At least I remember you saying how little work she did....
-
- Repeat after me, in unison:
-
- Teachers are not the educational system.
- Teachers are not the educational system.
- Teachers are not the educational system.
-
- Teachers have less say than we do as to what is taught and how it is taught.
-
- Yes, the school system is going to hell. Why? The board doesn't care.
- The administration doesn't care. The parents don't care. The students
- don't care. The constituencies feeding from the Education trough don't care
- as long as the dollars flow. And you take the easy out of blaming it on the
- teachers. Many of them do still care although I cannot for the life of me
- understand why.
-
- If you don't like it, complain to the board - they cut education funding so
- the athletic programs can be fully funded. Complain to the administration -
- they prepare the budgets and believe me, education isn't a high priority.
- Complain to your congresscritter - (s)he votes for the programs which consume
- local funds for non-educational purposes.
-
- Look inside your schools instead of just sniping from the outside. There are
- a lot of problems, teachers not being particularly high on the list.
- --
- Charles Mattair mattair@synercom.hounix.org
- Any opinions offered are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
- Gates and Walton are the perfect reasons for a wealth tax.
-