JUST A NOTE. ONE SECOND TEER CANIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN
THE GOP (sorry about caps) gov. Huckabee advocates
putting the art and music back in.
 
--- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Linda, et al,
> 
> My grandparents were teachers, my aunt was an
> elementary teacher and school
> principal, my dad taught at the University level, my
> mom taught high school,
> and my sister and I both teach at the University
> level (although my teaching
> is limited to guest lectures on disability topics,
> as I haven't completed my
> Master's yet).  I've had the opportunity to do this
> in nearly all of the
> "colleges" - Engineering, Health Sciences, Arts and
> Sciences, and Business -
> across the University, however.
> 
> Another aspect that emphasizes the importance of
> families inculcating values
> in their children is that with standards based
> education being the driving
> force behind funding, teachers must increasingly
> "teach to the test."  I
> don't argue think that proficiency in core areas
> should be allowed to slip,
> but in a 6.5 - 7.5 hour school day, many of the
> "values based" curriculums
> take a back seat to these "core areas."  There are
> too many schools who have
> eliminated art and music programs to devote time and
> money to "teach to the
> test."  Unfortunately, citizenship is not a large
> part of these tests.  Much
> of the writing I see in freshman level students
> tells me that teaching being
> driven by a specific test isn't working well across
> the board.
> 
> Have a great time in New Orleans!
> 
> Kat,
> 
> As far as "who elects the politicians?" it could be
> argued that it's largely
> done by the largest campaign finance organization,
> or the one who can fool
> or intimidate the voters the best.
> 
> On Nov 1, 2007 2:32 PM, Linda Walker
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > You are correct. Teachers not paid enough, classes
> too large, parents
> > expect too much, etc. however there are some
> awesome teaching
> > materials put out by the anti defamation league
> that teach kindness
> > and understanding and when it is not taught in the
> home I think it
> > can be taught as part of good citizenship. I've
> interviewed many kids
> > raised by racist parents and many of them reject
> the ideas of their
> > parents simply from knowing right from wrong and
> most kids have a
> > sense of fairness and justice. I think our
> democracy is in peril
> > because of the schools and I am not blaming
> teachers for this but
> > citizens and politicians who do not seem to
> appreciate how important
> > education is. What if we spent one week of the
> Iraq war budget on
> > schools. Soapbox standing down. Gotta prepare for
> my trip to New
> > Orleans. Excited as I've never been there.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all progress
> > depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
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