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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (119605)12/27/2000 9:13:25 AM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (4) of 769668
 
Arm the teachers in the classroom and at parent teacher conferences. <g>

Seriously, its a tough problem and I believe it is a problem with our culture. Our society says it values education but doesn't show it by rewarding educational excellence. When's the last time you saw a pep rally for varsity scholars? My daughter recently won a scholarhip award but refused to attend the ceremonial breakfast because she didn't want to be called an egghead. I know that for my own kids, they hate to see me coming to the school because I ask questions the teachers and administrators would rather not answer. Questions like, "Why aren't you stressing reading, spelling and writing over political indoctrination?" I'm very popular with the education set in our town.

A tough problem. We need to show our kids that we actually do value education. I'm not sure exactly how to accomplsih it but more money won't solve that problem. We need to be able to get rid of bad teachers. We need to reduce the size of educational bureaucracies so that more funds are available for classroooms. We need to review the wisdom of "mainstreaming" and other programs of that nature. We need to be able to expel abusive, violent and disruptive children. I could go on but you get the picture. I don't believe more money is the solution.

JLA
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