I tried to understand the problem, but I didn't until I was elected to the school board. The parents blamed the teachers, and the teachers blamed the parents when intentional policies that came down from the top were the problem. The system was working the way they wanted it to.
I tried to understand the problem, but I didn't until I was elected to the school board. The parents blamed the teachers, and the teachers blamed the parents when intentional policies that came down from the top were the problem. The system was working the way they wanted it to.
You have no idea how much it helped to hear this. I am agonizing whether to give up my 29 year mission to expose what’s really going on in our schools thinking it won’t matter. Autocracies don’t have schools to maintain a democracy. He will put his henchmen in and the schools will remain as is. They are perfect for him.
I have a solid plan for genuine schools but that doesn’t matter anymore. In my book I said if he wins I’m done. I did what I did to save democracy. Now I’m thinking will people feel better knowing what I know? Is my calling to teach clicking in now as I so didn’t fit in those schools? I’m not sure what to do from here. My book has been #1 on Amazon; it’s a shame to abandon it. My only plan was to get an international publisher before he bans it. I write so much about him he will ban it. I want it in German so those people can feel better about their bad choice.
So it really helped to hear what you said. If I can offer peace of mind understanding how Trump happened then I can move onto a new mission. And although I have a great plan to fix our schools, I know the door is shut for that. I’m having a hard time figuring out where to go with what I know so well. Your comment helps me understand how much people need to read my book.
What then is the solution Karen, you have aptly defined the problem written a book about it, but what is the solution?
Father funded education?
Parochial education?
No education?
Charter schools?
Until Horace Mann, the apostle of public education, made an impact in the second half of the 19th Century, all education was private If the father had the means he could tutor his sons, if he was wealthy enough he could hire a tutor.
My 9th great grandfather and name sake,was on of the original settlers in Jamestown, and his family became wealthy planters, sheriffs and members of the House of Burgess, but they bred themselves into obscurity, and eventually a younger son of 5th generation was not tutored, is father had died after he tutored his eldest son, and there was not enough of an estate to pass on to or educate his other sons, one of them died in the revolution, left a will but signed by an X.
The sons of this man and their grandsons and great grandsons, were not tutored, could not read nor write, and thus could not engage in business and were at the mercy of those that could.
Until in the latter part of the 19th Century, one state, probably others, this one Arkansas listened to Horace and adopted publicly funded education. A man was born in 1850, he had never been taught to read and write, however his son born in 1883 was, and he graduated 8th grade, he had a son that graduated HS, and he had a son that earned a Masters degree and he had a son who earned a PhD, who has a daughter that is also a scientist with a PhD.
So what is the cure or alternative for public education Karen?
I bought the audio version of your book and look forward to beginning it later today. I now have Hartmann's book, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight and Caste by Wilkerson, so it seems there aren't enough hours in the day.
I tried to understand the problem, but I didn't until I was elected to the school board. The parents blamed the teachers, and the teachers blamed the parents when intentional policies that came down from the top were the problem. The system was working the way they wanted it to.
You have no idea how much it helped to hear this. I am agonizing whether to give up my 29 year mission to expose what’s really going on in our schools thinking it won’t matter. Autocracies don’t have schools to maintain a democracy. He will put his henchmen in and the schools will remain as is. They are perfect for him.
I have a solid plan for genuine schools but that doesn’t matter anymore. In my book I said if he wins I’m done. I did what I did to save democracy. Now I’m thinking will people feel better knowing what I know? Is my calling to teach clicking in now as I so didn’t fit in those schools? I’m not sure what to do from here. My book has been #1 on Amazon; it’s a shame to abandon it. My only plan was to get an international publisher before he bans it. I write so much about him he will ban it. I want it in German so those people can feel better about their bad choice.
So it really helped to hear what you said. If I can offer peace of mind understanding how Trump happened then I can move onto a new mission. And although I have a great plan to fix our schools, I know the door is shut for that. I’m having a hard time figuring out where to go with what I know so well. Your comment helps me understand how much people need to read my book.
What then is the solution Karen, you have aptly defined the problem written a book about it, but what is the solution?
Father funded education?
Parochial education?
No education?
Charter schools?
Until Horace Mann, the apostle of public education, made an impact in the second half of the 19th Century, all education was private If the father had the means he could tutor his sons, if he was wealthy enough he could hire a tutor.
My 9th great grandfather and name sake,was on of the original settlers in Jamestown, and his family became wealthy planters, sheriffs and members of the House of Burgess, but they bred themselves into obscurity, and eventually a younger son of 5th generation was not tutored, is father had died after he tutored his eldest son, and there was not enough of an estate to pass on to or educate his other sons, one of them died in the revolution, left a will but signed by an X.
The sons of this man and their grandsons and great grandsons, were not tutored, could not read nor write, and thus could not engage in business and were at the mercy of those that could.
Until in the latter part of the 19th Century, one state, probably others, this one Arkansas listened to Horace and adopted publicly funded education. A man was born in 1850, he had never been taught to read and write, however his son born in 1883 was, and he graduated 8th grade, he had a son that graduated HS, and he had a son that earned a Masters degree and he had a son who earned a PhD, who has a daughter that is also a scientist with a PhD.
So what is the cure or alternative for public education Karen?
I bought the audio version of your book and look forward to beginning it later today. I now have Hartmann's book, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight and Caste by Wilkerson, so it seems there aren't enough hours in the day.