I was browsing at Gut Rumbles today, and he directed me to two blogs that were new to me.
At Quit That! Marc posted a comment from his mother that I think you should read. I agree with a lot she had to say. I tend to think that I am not a racist person. The color of a person’s skin doesn’t bother me. What DOES bother me is willful ignorance, greed, sloth, general stupidity and intentional unkindness.
Her comments on education really resonated with me. Washington D.C. schools spend $13,000 per student and fail to show results. During at least the last twenty years, teacher’s colleges have been training prospective teachers to believe that it’s their duty to motivate the students. If the student fails, the teacher has failed. Horse hockey!
When parents teach their children that it is their RESPONSIBILITY to learn, and encourage them to learn, that $13,000 is going to create AWSOME students. Until Mom and Dad show the kids that a good education is a necessity, you can throw all the money and all the dedicated teachers at them that you want…..and nothing is going to happen.
Brava, Marc’s Mom!
The other website to go visit is Stupid Angry Canajun. She is a self proclaimed RM (Recovering Moron), and she has a lot to teach me.
Go visit. I think you’ll enjoy.