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To: i-node who wrote (194886)	7/18/2004 4:00:39 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572630

>> Why suddenly now is it no longer any good? Because the Left has consistently, for the last 30 years, supported and engaged in a policy of "dumbing down", not only for students, but for teachers. Today, public schools are horrendous. The kids who excell are those who are driven. The rest are allowed to languish through the school without motivation or accomplishment. Your evaluation suggests someone who knows little of what he is saying. When I student taught recently, I found some of the teachers and their classes more engaging than the profs from whom I was taking classes. What I did find different was the kids; overall, they seem less able to sit still and behave than when I went to school. It seems we have raised a nation dependent on sound bites for their information. In addition, the incidence of ADHD seems to be on the increase with boys lagging further behind girls. None of which you can blame on the teachers. In fact, I found the teachers to be surprisingly good given all the bad press the public school system gets in the 21st century. Otherwise, the kids were pretty much the same as when I was a kid.....there were the smart, geeky ones, the jocks, the popular kids etc. It isn't the kid's fault; it isn't the government's fault; it isn't the financier's faults. It is the fault of the Left, supported by the teacher's unions, whose biggest fear is that they will some day be tested for competency. I would suggest its the parents fault both on the left and on the right. In fact, I think the right is more to blame. They have been the ones who have been all to quick to remove their kids from the system because of personal prejudices, and therefore, much less likely to approve financial expenditures to improve the system. Everything starts with the parents........the way they raise their kids; their expectations; their financial largesse. If you want to fix the schools, then fix the attitudes of current parents.