Pearl Jam and Politic's.

soulsinging wrote:

then perhaps our views are not so divergent. i just see the categorical dismissal of any value in schools to be reactionary and often self-serving... in the "im so hip cos i see what's going on, and all of you who think school is good are brain-washed." at the same time, id do away with federal dept of education, and any federal curriculum standards. id issue one series of tests at maybe 6th grade, and one at 12th to test reading, writing, and arithmetic, and other than that id leave it up to states and communities to decide what they want taught in schools.

Sharing wisdom and knowledge with children is not a bad thing. But it can be very difficult to teach children individuality, originality, aspects of community life while being grouped together by age into classrooms under one teacher who is teaching the same way to every child with limited access to the outside world and strict rules to follow to maintain order over large groups of children. It holds them back and limits their potential. They lose out on the importants things needed in life, imo.

I don't think I'm hip or whatever...I wish you wouldn't be so judgemental and combative. I just want to share my thoughts and discuss them. I enjoy your posts and insights even if we are disagreeing but it seems like your often trying to paint me as something you may see me as but I'm actually not that way at all.