Comments on: A New Kind of Rote Learning http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-new-kind-of-rote-learning/ Whiskey and Gunpowder features articles on gold, oil, currencies, emerging markets, energy, and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:43:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: suek http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-new-kind-of-rote-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1815 suek Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:28:00 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4082#comment-1815 "and for Uncle Sam to just stop overburdening teachers with having to teach to ridiculous standards. " Much of the problem lies with the teachers' unions that will not permit public schools to fire teachers who have tenure and are coasting. I disagree with you Uncle Sam is just overburdening teachers by asking them to teach to ridiculous standards. What makes the standards ridiculous? too high? too low? what's wrong with standards? What alternative would you suggest? I _do_ agree that we need to get the Federal government out of education - control should belong to the parents and local school boards. The information on how the children are learning compared to other schools is a piece of information that the parents and the local school board need in order to make good decisions. State control is also a problem. Control should be local - not distant. “and for Uncle Sam to just stop overburdening teachers with having to teach to ridiculous standards. ”

Much of the problem lies with the teachers’ unions that will not permit public schools to fire teachers who have tenure and are coasting. I disagree with you Uncle Sam is just overburdening teachers by asking them to teach to ridiculous standards. What makes the standards ridiculous? too high? too low? what’s wrong with standards? What alternative would you suggest?

I _do_ agree that we need to get the Federal government out of education – control should belong to the parents and local school boards. The information on how the children are learning compared to other schools is a piece of information that the parents and the local school board need in order to make good decisions. State control is also a problem. Control should be local – not distant.

]]> By: David http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-new-kind-of-rote-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1793 David Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:45:04 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4082#comment-1793 As a parent it is my obligation to educate my children. Not Obama's or Bush's or the National Teachers Union. The fact that my money is stolen and thrown down the rat hole of public education is Thievery (Read Frederic Bastiat, The Law) nothing more and nothing less. I spend every day working with my children to undo the falsehoods and misnomers that are put into the brains of my children every day. If other parents do not care enough or know enough to do the same...Well.... This thought saddens me but it is not my responsibility. As long as the government is entrusted with this sacred duty we will fail. Just as every other duty given to the government has failed. Social Security -> Bankrupt, War on Drugs or Poverty -> Laughable, Banking System -> Wall Street Buddy Bailouts. As a parent it is my obligation to educate my children. Not Obama’s or Bush’s or the National Teachers Union. The fact that my money is stolen and thrown down the rat hole of public education is Thievery (Read Frederic Bastiat, The Law) nothing more and nothing less. I spend every day working with my children to undo the falsehoods and misnomers that are put into the brains of my children every day. If other parents do not care enough or know enough to do the same…Well…. This thought saddens me but it is not my responsibility.

As long as the government is entrusted with this sacred duty we will fail. Just as every other duty given to the government has failed. Social Security -> Bankrupt, War on Drugs or Poverty -> Laughable, Banking System -> Wall Street Buddy Bailouts.

]]> By: Topics about China » Archive » A New Kind of Rote Learning http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-new-kind-of-rote-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 Topics about China » Archive » A New Kind of Rote Learning Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:13:10 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=4082#comment-1788 [...] Pinoy Entrep created an interesting post today on A New Kind of Rote LearningHere’s a short outlineSomeone wrote in arguing that countries like China, India and Japan … know, rote learning makes students learn various facts, figures, etc [...] [...] Pinoy Entrep created an interesting post today on A New Kind of Rote LearningHere’s a short outlineSomeone wrote in arguing that countries like China, India and Japan … know, rote learning makes students learn various facts, figures, etc [...]

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