Beware of False Prophets

Having retired at least twice, sometimes I have too much time on my hands and my thoughts get way out of hand. My track record for recognizing correlations between small bits of information to form a big picture is uncanny. My friends and family can attest to that. Henceforth, the little blurb above about connecting the dots.

I fully understand this person's position on not speaking up while one's kids are in the system.

Maybe now would be a good time to throw this concept out and let the readers ponder it's merits. For me, it is a hunch based on years of observation.

I have written a few times about the "arrogance and ignorance" concept of our local school system. I have another perception that goes along with this.

I am sure that all of us at one point or other has seen someone else do something and they make it look easy. Then when we try it, we just don't get the same results. Most frequently, it is because we do not have the experience necessary, and with practice, we do get the same results.

However, sometimes there are situations where the reason we don't get the same results, and may not ever achieve them, is because there is knowledge and expertice that is necessary that we don't have. If we do not recognize this, we may find ourselves "talking the talk" without having the necessary tools to "walk the walk".

Some people have "power" because of their "knowledge". Some people have "power" because of their "position". If a person in a "position" tries to exert "power" that is only begot by "knowledge", yet they are "ignorant", they will end up in a compromised situation because their "position" can not back up their action because they acted ignorantly.

A recent example would be like the HCDS School Board Chair person stopping a speaker from "free speech". While the Chair had "power" because of their "position", the chair did not have "power" based on "knowledge".

I have said all of this to say that perhaps some of the decision makers in the HCDS have a false sense of "power" because they lack the knowledge of the one's they are trying to mimic.

The concern of the District may be that they should protect the integrity of decisions based on "knowledge" more than they should attempt to protect decisions based simply on "position". It maintains credibility, and may be a more sound financial decision, to defend "knowledgeable" actions than simply defending "positions".