Grerat inforamtion on education today

[ressurectingadream]

Our previous President asked the very important question “Is our children learning?” Later, he answered that question by stating “As yesterday’s positive report card shows: childrens do learn.“
Even though this careful analysis and well articulated report came from the then leader of the free world, I still for some reason feel compelled to investigate the matter of educational freedom in America a bit further. First up, let’s tackle his profound question.


Is they Learning?
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Read the rest of this informative article at the below link, he did a series on Freedom, the whole series is good. Not real wordy but very informative

http://quixoticstudios.com/qxc/politics/usa-land-of-the-free-education/

 

[MelissaWV]

Our previous President asked the very important question “Is our children learning?” Later, he answered that question by stating “As yesterday’s positive report card shows: childrens do learn.“
Even though this careful analysis and well articulated report came from the then leader of the free world, I still for some reason feel compelled to investigate the matter of educational freedom in America a bit further.

Not that I'm a big fan of "Dubya," but is your thread title trying to be funny... or is it just hypocritical?

The original question is vital to our success as a nation, but there is a related question that is seldom asked: How do we measure whether our children are learning? Lately, the answer has once again been standardized testing. This leaves much to be desired. Teachers, in many areas, are "teaching to the test" which means that the children are not getting a very broad education. Instead of learning why or how an answer was arrived at, they are just taught that it "is" and that's the answer, and no questions please. This leads to a generation of mental clones, with very little of merit rattling around in their skulls.

How are we measuring intelligence? It seems that if you don't have a college education, you're considered a "lesser". A lot of degree-holders find themselves working in jobs they are overqualified for, and many are still up to their eyeballs in debt. Our country used to make things, and then it did things, and now the "doing" is being moved to other nations. It was not long ago that customer service jobs were all over the place. Phones here, phones there, and "your call is important to us" everywhere. Where are those jobs now? What happened to learning a craft, a trade, a career that would be steadily in demand and offer a real career? It's become secondary to getting "that piece of paper". I've never had one, and I have loved my varied and interesting employment history I guess I'm odd that way. When I go to a new job, I'm always told "wow... you can do everything!" which is far more gratifying than hearing some cliche about what college I happened to attend.

So, before answering whether or not children are learning, please establish how one measures the extent of learning, and whether general intelligence enters into it, and for what, precisely, we are hoping to prepare these little ones.

 

[ressurectingadream]

Note that there was a link to the entire article, you should get your answer. I have responded through his (quixotics blog ) as Steph, your welcome to respond to me there, that way the author xan also respond.

thanks for the comment!

 

[angelatc]

LOL! I hate it when that happens.....

 

[MelissaWV]

Note that there was a link to the entire article, you should get your answer. I have responded through his (quixotics blog ) as Steph, your welcome to respond to me there, that way the author xan also respond.

thanks for the comment!

The grammar and vocabulary choice aren't any better on the website... or that subsequent post... so my original question still stands.

When you reflect on the time you spent in school and now the time you have spent outside of it… Aside from perhaps the most basic of reading and math skill learned very early on, what have you really used or what were you really taught? Memorization instead of contemplation, Assimilation over Individuality and that independent thought or study is subordinate to an education received by a mass of people from a single ‘leader’ or talking head sanctioned by the status quo (like in schools, the news media, political speeches, churches, etc) ie, students are built to be led.

From what I can tell, the above passage is two very long, acrobatic sentences. The author seems to be a fan of them. Beyond that, I use a great deal of what I learned in school, so if I were to use his anecdotal standards I would think very highly of the school system.

What I asked pertained to your title "Grerat informtion on education today," which contains two errors. Was this a deliberate thing, or just hypocrisy? In the article, the repetition is deliberate and obviously satirical... but... ah whatever.

English isn't dead, but constantly flogged and flailed upon the altar of the internet.