A question for you on this Thursday morning. You know, something to start the day. I was listening to NPR this morning, and one of the commentators who I really enjoy listening to, made the statement: "The Educational System is broken."
Now, I know that the last time I tried to discuss something educational, it was a fire storm. At the risk of opening up that, again, I'm curious. Do you think the educational system in America....is broken?
Your thoughts?
Tommy
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I'd say it's cracked an in serious need of repair.
I'd explain myself, but it would take too long and I'm sure we can discuss it since you live like 50 feet away from my apartment.
~m
npr is broken, not the educational system. they are the biggest bunch of biased, limp-wristed, liberal sissies i've ever heard.
dispite my strong feelings, i still listen to them every morning!
no, I don't think it's broken.
I do think it's broken. I've heard educators try to pass the buck and say, "Well, the home life of these kids is awful! How are we supposed to correct that while teach at the same time?"
What they fail to realize is that the same educational system had their parents and grandparents in the same schools. Eight hours a day, nine months a year, for 50 years. They had more influence on these kids during their formative years than anyone else, and now those kids are the parents and grandparents that are screwing up their home lives. The educational system is not solely to blame, but historically, it's not absolved of blame either.
But this is a fallen world. We know it. It could be said about any facet of life--it's broken.
I do think it's broken. I've heard educators try to pass the buck and say, "Well, the home life of these kids is awful! How are we supposed to correct that while teach at the same time?"
What they fail to realize is that the same educational system had their parents and grandparents in the same schools. Eight hours a day, nine months a year, for 50 years. They had more influence on these kids during their formative years than anyone else, and now those kids are the parents and grandparents that are screwing up their home lives. The educational system is not solely to blame, but historically, it's not absolved of blame either.
But this is a fallen world. We know it. It could be said about any facet of life--it's broken.
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