The Janitor in the Vatican

The Janitor in the Vatican

There is an unseen war going on in this country. The conflict concerns Who will teach and WHAT they will teach American students. If you have children at the elementary level, I would appreciate your comments and opinions concerning how you feel about the quality of your local education system, and how your child performs. Is your child reading as well as as you think they should? Do their scores reflect what you know about your child? Is your child an underachiever? If you agree with that assessment, have you asked yourself why?

There is an endless list of questions to ask about the state of education in America. I need all of the data I can gather.

Your help is tremendously appreciated.
Please send responses, and any other comments to diegobergen14@aol.com
, or post a comment.

ookrana
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Banned From Blogit, and Other Insults

Recently, I was the unfortunate victim of a competitor of this sight. The "Blogit" people saw fit to "suspend" me from their sight for calling a fellow blogger "boring". They claim that I caused "emotional distress" in a fellow writer. It did not matter that my opinion was true. In an opinion blog, called "Rachel's Rants"(highly rated in that world, I might add), an insipid, mudane, daily screed about the dullness of a anorexic, neurotic housewife, "Rachel" exceeded my level of toleration concerning the beauty of watching backyard nature, the daily house chores, the costumes her children will be wearing for Halloween, and all the other "Amerisurburbiana", she droned on endlessly about.

So, one day, I actually said what I thought. The comment was in no way vulgar, or life threatening, or in any other way harmful to anything except her ego. Boys and Girls, we live in perilous times, and the channel is narrow and shallow. No harm done. "Blogit" is cheaper, and probably more popular. However, it is filled with people who actually take their words more seriously than the public right to commentary. Let that be a warning to all of you; and perhaps, especially to me. There are limits to speech, particularly when a cabal sporting the mindset of sixth grade females, sets itself up as judge, jury and hangman to anyone it chooses. I suppose this is what happens when a blog site grows to big for it's britches. I hope that does not happen here. My skin is a bit thicker than Rachel's, and I give as good as I get.

Good reading and writing to all of you.

ookrana

Anti-Education

Lets begin with a single question. Why do the state systems of education NOT adequately teach reading and critical thinking skills to mastery at the elementary level?
ookrana