janstett said:
Part of the problem is that our public education system has become highly politicized and politically correct. The result of the hippies from the 60's entering positions of power.
Incorrect.....somewhat It was the 1970s when
Blank Slate and
Noble Savage extremists began taking over academia. It was in response to the reactionary forces in power at the time. Replace a right extremist with a left extremist and you still have an extremist in power.
We now see things like Outcome-Based education where it's impossible to fail a student because that would "make them feel bad".
No, Bush's NCLB makes it impossible to have true accountability from students and school systems. But, kids fail more than you realize and there is no accountability for the parent(s).
So in other words standards go out the window and feelings become important.
This refrain from Hate Radio is as divorced from reality as Ruch Limbaugh is from his past wives! Bratty ass kids with punk ass parents expect teachers to not only teach but also to raise their kids for them. Teachers spend so much time on discipline that very little (in my professional opinion) gets done. Add the influx of illegal invaders with limited school budgets & we're continuing out downward path.
In so many ways, the current educators not only shortchange world history, but also do injustice to American history as well in favor of politically correct brainwashing.
Bullshit. Where I am, it's mindless bible-thumpers teaching to the test without any critical inquiry whatsoever. This trait is too common in the younger generation thumper or not. You talk as though you've never even been in a school and have seen what goes on. It's laziness and not some nefarious conspiracy.
For example, I've heard that some modern history books reduce the American Civil War to about a paragraph and mention it only in passing. Unthinkable.
You prove my case for me. It's laziness not political correctness.
It's no wonder American universities are flooded with foreign students.
American universities are still crown jewels in the US education system. I love to talk about education, or rather the lack thereof, in the US so I ask you to be more thoughtful in your replies instead of simply repeating mindless hate Radio pablum.
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vanMould said:
Gotta admire Japan. Appearently NO civilans are allowed to carry guns over there. Ever.
Not true....unless you mean handguns. I forgot the law about that. My wife grew up in the countryside in Ehime (Shikoku) and there is boar hunting every year. I hear shots from the granparent's neighbors and I've eaten it before. If I want my shotguns in Japan, I fill out some papwerwork and pay around $250 and I get my guns. I never asked about pistols but the Yakuza have them so should the rest of us!
