FCC and the internet

[Robert Holtzman]

On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Ian L. Target wrote:

> Regardless of how good (or poor) a school system is, if the parent does
> not emphasize the importance of an education at home, there is only so
> much a teacher or system can do.  Again, it boils down to personal
> responsibility.  Most "advanced" cultures provide an environment
> (schools, classrooms, teachers, playgrounds) for children to learn.  It
> is the responsibility of the parent (and the student) to take advantage
> of what is being provided.  Just because some parents/students don't
> take advantage of what is being provided to them, does NOT make the
> education system a failure.   In your own words people would rather moan
> about how problems are everyone else's fault rather than take
> responsibility for their own children and their education.

What you say is true *to an extent*, however the academic standards have 
been lowered in an attempt to comply with the newest thinking on 
teaching methods which includes not letting the little darlings taste 
failure. Additionally, since the shallow thinkers in congress mandated 
the AIMS test, teachers have begun teaching the test rather than the 
subject. Who would have thought? To this extent the education is a 
failure.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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