-Caveat Lector-
I totally agree with you, Eagle.
I think the current "portfolio system" (keeping folders on kids, then
tracking them as they make their way through the system) is a destructive
one.
But who is to blame? Look...we have religious conservatives who want to
turn public schools into a religious forum for their beliefs. There are
the sports nuts (sports is out unofficial secular religion) who want the
educational system to be an extension of the professional sports teams..
others see the educational system as an arena for social experimentation
(in order to stem the tide of hate and despair).
Then, there are those individuals who want to see the corporate community
involved in the development of the curriculum:"Let's turn the little
stinkers into disciplined workers who possess the necessary skills to
compete in "the global marketplace."
The school system, teachers, parents and kids are whipsawed back in forth
as they respond to all of these competing interests who are interested in
developing their own particular agenda for the children.
The school system becomes the whipping boy (or girl) of our society.
And as "we" self-destruct, the elites move quietly along, sending THEIR
kids off to expensive schools where they know the children will receive
the necessary training to assume positions of leadership within the
country. And what do the elite kids learn at Andover and Phillips?
Well, their instructors expect them to be thoroughly grounded in academic
subjects... Philosophy, literature, Latin, Greek, political science...
They are encouraged to develop an appreciation for classical music, the
fine arts, the ballet...Shakespeare...the plays of Moliere...
And what are their working-class and middle class counterparts doing?
Well, they are listening to rap, watching MTV, spending countless hours
developing their athletic skills in order to keep them out of trouble,
playing video games, experimenting with alcohol and sex, watching
television, spending time with their friends.
Education, teachers and academics are devalued. Instead, they are assured
by the media that capped teeth, a winning smile and a nice body are all it
takes to be successful in America. The image has supplanted the reality.
The crusty, old news reporters with bald heads have been replaced by Kens
and Barbies... But it's much worse: now, there is a subtle societal
pressure for every aspect of our culture to succumb to the media dynamic.
Real people (remember them...the fusty, odd-shaped unique looking folks
who made the system operate) have been replaced by airheads....
You see, as our system continues down this road of corporatization, the
"downsizing" is only the tip of the iceberg. We are witnessing a complete
restructuring of the system...
Now, I will grant you that there are still thousands of corners around the
country that have still not succumbed to this....but the pressure is on.
Wherever you go in the US, Americans have been told that in order to keep
their jobs in the new global economy, they must conform to the new
realpolitik. There's a great deal of fear in the air out here in the
heartland....a nasty undercurrent of pressure. ..a little reminiscent of
Stephen King's "The Langoliers"...... Many Americans fear that if they
don't conform and tow the line..they'll be resigned to the economic
dustbin.
And, of course, who are the new "underclass"? Well, they're just our
fellow Americans who have fallen by the wayside. They're the frumpy bag
ladies...the families living in the homeless shelters...the young
Americans who never finished high school who can be found at intersections
holding up signs stating they'll work for food.
And where does the responsibility rest for this widening of the cultural
divide? the increase in racism and hate? It's a shared responsibility.
We've done much of it to ourselves by voting in "free traders" and
globalists, by failing to take care of the pressing social problems in
our midst when we could have made a difference in the lives of people.
When we should have been thinking about what is in the longterm economic
interests of our children....will they have a decent job and decent life,
instead, we've been pursuing failed policies abroad.
And now, like junkies in need of a fix, we are dependent on these global
economic forces to prop up this system. Rather than looking to upgrade
and improve wages, health care, housing, the educational system, our
Republicrats are bringing in more individuals to keep us dependent on
cheap labor....more money needs to be paid to Russia, China, Mexico...God
knows where..in order to keep the bankers happy.. and nothing will
change... It can only get worse.
If you want to look at the future of America. Just look at Mexico or
Brazil, two nations run by small oligarchies who control vast sums of
money
while millions of their citizens live in shacks and go hungry. That is
the future being planned for us. During a flight into Mexico City, former
President Bush expressed admiration for the city with its teeming slums
choking in pollution, a deregulated paradise, where the rich are protected
by bodyguards carrying Uzis and the poor huddle in their cardboard shacks.
Welcome to the New World Order paradise!
On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Eagle 1 wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> The problem is, we do have an educated society, known as the 'elitists'.
> Those with money and affluence have been allowed to rule the roost.
>
> There are some who do came from poverty and depravation to make the
> honors, but this is only allowed by the powers that be. A showing so as
> to "prove" that the 'elitists' are not being prejudiced or 'hate' mongers.
> What a nice storefront for them. Why do you think they track a student's
> performance? Used to be tracking did not start until 9th grade, but now
> they start 'making you what THEY want you to be' by the time you hit 1st
> grade. Influencing your choices of career ideals, turning your interests
> to
> specialized areas by high school, instead of teaching basic math, reading,
> history, and english; not leaving the specializing to college, where it
> should be.
> Rather, they want to know early, what you can do for your country
> in terms of productivity. If you can't produce, they don't want you... and
> consequently encourage depravity, quitting school and becoming a penal
> statistic, or a failure, working by the sweat of the brow to earn minimum
> wage;
> or they teach you that you don't have to work, just live off welfare.
>
> The elitist, socialist have a grip on this country. Though it be by many
> names,
> the beast is devouring whom it will. Starting with our children first.
> Forming that
> perfect society of elitists and outcasts... they wish to agree with THEIR
> NWO and soon to come despot.
>
> If you can't produce, or show the potential to produce, they just 'can'
> you...
> and that which you described, becomes reality at the lower levels.
>
> Do the elitists care? No, and hell no! They are happy you are there. One
> less piece of competition for them. No wonder capitalism is going to hell
> in
> a handbasket.
>
> eagle1
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Hugh Tunstall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] billions for pentagon contractors-pittance for school
> books[socialists exposed]
>
>
> > -Caveat Lector-
> >
> >Of course education is not a priority in America. If Americans were to
> >become well educated, they might begin to question...and who knows where
> >that might lead.
> >
> >In order for the NWO to rule, the population must be converted into
> >mindless robots...a soulless workforce to carry out the bidding of the
> >global masters. Instead of critical thinking, we are given propaganda and
> >ideology....a proliferation of rhetoric that masks and disguises the
> >growing social/economic deterioration. But no matter. If the pain of
> >life becomes
> >too great...we have a plethora of drugs to help us escape: entertainment,
> >sports, legalized recreational drugs like alcohol and tobacco...and of
> >course, sex. If that doesn't do the trick, one can become a
> >shop-a-holic. Substance is replaced by spectacle......rhetoric replaces
> >dialogue and meaningful communication. And if you sink into
> >despondency...well, according to the prevailing wisdom, you only have
> >yourself to blame, after all, right? And if you really snap and do
> >something stupid, you might be shipped off to our own American version of
> >the gulag.
> >
> >But besides building prisons, Americans have found a really great answer
> >to our economic decline: the gambling casino. Almost every
> >state in the union has its legal rackets going.... Well, since our
> >leadership, in their infinite wisdom, has decided that Americans no longer
> >need "low-tech" jobs, the nation needs something to take its place.
> >
> >Casino gambling!!!!! What a blessing!!! Don't worry about declining
> >schools and neighborhoods, declining wages, who cares if mom or dad
> >no longer have secure jobs.... just give the wheel a turn...maybe you'll
> >get lucky. Casino gambling in a winner take all economy makes sense,
> >doesn't it? There's a logic to it.
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Eagle 1 wrote:
> >
> >> -Caveat Lector-
> >>
> >> How about the disintegration of the composites of the NEA?
> >> Seems that would be more effective.
> >>
> >> eagle1
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Peter L. Sroufe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:41 AM
> >> Subject: [CTRL] billions for pentagon contractors-pittance for school
> >> books[socialists exposed]
> >>
> >>
> >> > -Caveat Lector-
> >> >
> >> >All the federal facilities of the Department of Education should be
> >> >padlocked. NOW!!!
> >> >
> >> >Bard
> >> >
> >> >Visit me at:
> >> >The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government
> >> >http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm
> >> >
> >> >Federal Government defined:
> >> >....a benefit/subsidy protection racket!
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Peter L. Sroufe
> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 8:11 AM
> >> >> To: Snetnews
> >> >> Subject: SNET: WORST SCHOOLS HAVE FEWEST BOOKS [more spent on
> drug-abuse
> >> >> programs]
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> -> SNETNEWS Mailing List
> >> >>
> >> >> OUR WORST SCHOOLS HAVE FEWEST BOOKS
> >> >>
> >> >> By SUSAN EDELMAN
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >> ----------
> >> >> ----
> >> >>
> >> >> Many schools where fourth-graders flunked a recent state exam
> >> >> have shabby -
> >> >> if any - libraries, The Post has found.
> >> >>
> >> >> One big reason: The Board of Education, despite its $10 billion
> budget,
> >> >> spends a state allotment of only $4 per student on school library
> books.
> >> >>
> >> >> That $4 is only one-fourth the cost of the average hardcover: $16.60.
> >> >>
> >> >> Overall, city schools spend twice as much on drug-abuse programs,
> >> >> $30.41 per
> >> >> kid, as they do on library books and librarians combined - $14.81 per
> >> kid.
> >> >>
> >> >> In announcing that 67 percent of the city's schoolkids failed to meet
> the
> >> >> reading and writing standards of the new fourth-grade English
> >> >> Language Arts
> >> >> exam, State Education Commissioner Richard Mills reminded parents
> >> >> that every
> >> >> child should be reading at least 25 books a year.
> >> >>
> >> >> That's a struggle for youngsters in book-starved schools.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Kids need access to books," said Ray Domanico, education adviser for
> the
> >> >> Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, a group working in Harlem and
> >> >> other poor
> >> >> communities to beef up school libraries.
> >> >>
> >> >> "They need to be reading a lot. They need to develop a habit of
> >> >> reading. And
> >> >> many don't have books at home, so they really rely on the school
> >> library."
> >> >>
> >> >> This week, fourth-graders will face another rigorous test - New
> >> >> York's first
> >> >> statewide math exam. The three-part test will be administered today,
> >> >> Wednesday and Thursday.
> >> >>
> >> >> Last week's reading and writing exam requires kids to analyze all
> types
> >> of
> >> >> literature and compose essays. It was designed to prepare
> >> >> students for more
> >> >> rigorous Regents high-school exams.
> >> >>
> >> >> The library problem deeply concerns some parents and school board
> >> members.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Kids have got to have access to rich research materials - and to
> >> >> the thrill
> >> >> of research - to reach those high standards," said Ann McKinnon, a
> Queens
> >> >> mother who serves on the District 22 school board.
> >> >>
> >> >> City Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew has resorted to panhandling the
> >> >> public to
> >> >> help the Board of Education's poorest performers.
> >> >>
> >> >> Crew sponsors a ''Love to Read" literacy campaign, which recently ran
> >> >> newspaper ads with depressing illustrations of empty, cob-webbed
> >> >> bookshelves.
> >> >>
> >> >> "In New York City, this is as close as most third-graders get to
> >> >> 'Charlotte's Web,'" the ad said, adding that fun books "are
> >> >> absent from too
> >> >> many classrooms."
> >> >>
> >> >> In response, generous New Yorkers have coughed up $250,000 to put
> about
> >> 80
> >> >> books in each of nearly 1,000 classrooms - including those in the
> >> >> 97 schools
> >> >> on the list of the state's worst performers, and others in extremely
> poor
> >> >> neighborhoods.
> >> >>
> >> >> "We're trying to get to the most-needy schools first," said Karri
> >> >> Offstein,
> >> >> director of the drive.
> >> >>
> >> >> Meanwhile, even kids are trying to scrape pennies together for books.
> >> >>
> >> >> Third-graders at PS 137 in Bedford-Stuyvesant - where only 25.2
> percent
> >> of
> >> >> fourth-graders passed the state test - held a penny drive this year to
> >> >> purchase them.
> >> >>
> >> >> They collected a grand total of $120.
> >> >>
> >> >> ''It's not much, but we'll buy paperbacks," said principal
> >> >> Carolyn Key. "You
> >> >> have to get it any way you can."
> >> >>
> >> >> A good library should have at least 10 books per child, experts say.
> >> >>
> >> >> But at PS 108, an average school in South Ozone Park, Queens - where
> >> about
> >> >> 32 percent of the fourth-graders passed the state test - the library
> has
> >> >> only about two books each for its 1,500 kids.
> >> >>
> >> >> "And some books are very old," said principal Gloria Petitto. "We
> >> >> try not to
> >> >> throw out unless we can replace, and there are many books that are not
> >> >> current or attractive to children."
> >> >>
> >> >> "They like the new ones, the ones that are beautifully presented. The
> old
> >> >> ones don't get the same circulation."
> >> >>
> >> >> At overpacked PS 246 in the Fordham-Kingsbridge section of The
> >> >> Bronx - where
> >> >> 26 percent of the fourth-graders passed the reading test - some
> teachers
> >> >> fill their classrooms with old books scrounged at flea markets.
> >> >>
> >> >> The school calls a small room with some computers and reference
> materials
> >> >> its library.
> >> >>
> >> >> "One of the big problems we have here is that parents are afraid to
> let
> >> >> their kids go out after school to the public library," said
> >> >> principal Frank
> >> >> Gonzalez.
> >> >> http://nypostonline.com/news/9166.htm
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Bard
> >> >>
> >> >> Visit me at:
> >> >> The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government
> >> >> http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm
> >> >>
> >> >> Federal Government defined:
> >> >> ....a benefit/subsidy protection racket!
> >> >>
> >> >>
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