Hope Springs Eternal - Springboard Dashes Hope

So far, there remains evidence that the establishment hasn't established the ability to mandate uniform thinking by the masses. There are still a few remnants of individual thought processes and evidence that some have escaped the establishment's "one size/color/ditto/test fits all" method of attempted indoctrination.

How long will it be before comments like the one found below will no longer be allowed to be thought, much less published?


New Curriculum Becomes A SpringBoard For Teacher Criticism#comments#comments

Found on page 2 of the public comments:

Posted by ( s_adair ) on 03/06/2009 at 08:27 am.

The further decline of education. Sorry -- but this is because of the belief that ALL children should go to college. Newsflash -- not all children would make it in college. What's more, not all kids want to go to college. Where are our trade schools? Where are our vocational schools? Where are the alternatives? Springboard may work great for remedial kids -- but that should never be for the majority of our students. But to only challenge kids that are AP is a disservice to the average student. We cater to the highest and lowest achieving kids and have forgotten about the vast majority that are in the middle. What's more, how come 20 years ago we were willing to challenge critical thinking skills using classical literature (that we actually had to read)... but now kids can only use critical thinking skills with the most basic material spoon fed to them...? We will all pay in the long run. These short term strategies didn't work in Corporations and Financial Institutions and they aren't going to work in Education. This is our most valuable resource -- this is our future -- and we are squandering it.