[Novalug] OT: Re: Remember to vote!

Dennis Durham dwdurham@verizon.net
Tue Nov 4 12:16:57 EST 2008


I think that the public educational system has degraded to being  
essentially a trade school. The current "no child gets ahead" program  
only made things worse. (before someone tries to tell me that is not  
the name of the program, think about it and see that one implies the  
other logically) Everything is focused on gaining skills with an eye  
to getting a better job.

Nothing wrong with that, it just is not what our tax dollars should be  
subsidizing.  Free public education should be focused on turning out  
good citizens, IMHO. It should be a combination of civics and ethics  
on top of reading, writing, logic, and math up to algebra. Everything  
past that, everything focused towards getting a better job should be  
encouraged with low cost student loans.

Dennis
On Nov 4, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Nino Pereira wrote:

>
>> I think education in this country is in serious trouble. Just telling
>> people they have the best educational system does not make it so.
>>
>> So if you educate people, give them access to wisdom growing
>> information, then maybe one day the majority WILL be more inteligent
>> then you and I.
>
> .... , and maybe they can spell better too: for that you don't need
> more intelligence than you or me, but it helps to read.
>
> Nino
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