On Nov 14, 2007 10:14 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .... > you, honest. But I think you are wrong if you believe that the system is > so > flawed that NO ONE can succeed there....because that's just not true.
The majority of my stint in the public school system, sucked nuts. The thing I walked away (or, out!) with was that it encouraged lameness. Propped The System up- "You must take college courses to succeed"- it matters not, what REALLY matters- what school is REALLY for. Well- /should/ really be for. "The System" is not about making people succeed- or at least, it's definition of success is fucking screwed up. The Machine wants more cogs. The teachers who actually try to teach learning, are ground down by the Gears of Education. I have the utmost respect for those that persevere. *sign* I don't know. I'm at a point in life, just about, where I'm gonna have to revisit the school situation, up close and personal. I'm not sure if I'm feeling more Taggart-ish or Galt-ish. The potential of a "non standard" education might outweigh the character building aspect of a "standard" education. I think the real reason it's not done more might be because it requires more work, and involvement, than most people give toward "public school"- note, that if more folks had a different attitude about the school system, things would be better. It's amazing the difference between a PubSkool with Support (parent involvement, and teachers supported by the admin, etc.) and one that's sorta expected to magically do it alone[1]. I was lucky enough to experience a wide range of education from k-12, and I learned a lot, but I don't pretend things aren't changing all the time. The arming of the security* sorta bothers me- hell, the fact that we need security bothers me- (*new local deal) The System is in need of such FIERCE REFORM- and yet it's so low on the list of priorities... I think it's that Rich/Poor Effect (or Affect?) in action. Bottom line. [1] obviously population plays into it- chicago poor ain't kentucky poor, or; a class of 100 != a class of 3000 (might be sheer #s vs. even poverty) -- If you are a prince, and I am a prince- who shall wash the camel? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246635 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
