tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post2834750935193336018..comments2024-01-20T15:51:35.268-06:00Comments on And So it Goes in Shreveport: Is Governor Jindal the "Superman" Education Has Been Waiting For?Pat Austin Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-81175152867535742322012-02-21T23:02:03.823-06:002012-02-21T23:02:03.823-06:00Pat
Last week I sent you and my other teacher fri...Pat<br /><br />Last week I sent you and my other teacher friend the article “Liberals don’t home school your children” and his comments included how parents should raise their children, teach them manners and patience before they get to him. My retort was “and parents, as a cop don’t expect me to raise your children...”<br /><br />This is the basic issue. There are inner city kids who are getting good education but the critical factor before a teacher sees them is a supportive family raising, encouraging, molding and discipling the child which is critical for the success of education (and life in general). That way they are ready for you.<br /><br />The real decline of public education (among other things in our society) started in the late 60s with the <i>Great Society</i> and the resulting decay of minority (especially black) families in the inner cities. We have government saying “Girls have all the kids you want and don’t worry...” and “Boys, father all the kids you want and you don’t have any responsibility, we’ll take care of them...” This has led to generations of minority (and a growing number of white) young people whose only life is living for a relief check and they see no real reason to grow up or be responsible.<br /><br />I may have mentioned to you in Houston’s Third Ward I sometimes get calls where a 30 something mother is in a fight with a teenage kid. The mother was trying to disciple the child. In my mind I was thinking “Mom the problem is not that you were trying to discipline the child at 16. The problem is you didn’t kick her ass at 4!”<br /><br />Until people start raising their children again education will have troubles. And unfortunately I will be very busy.Mike Thiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929567856363413549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-7511407225035993842012-02-21T18:45:52.715-06:002012-02-21T18:45:52.715-06:00The thing to do with education is get the governme...The thing to do with education is get the government out. That would help more than anything. Then get the union out, that would be perfect. <br /><br />As to vouchers, my children went to Southfield. The people there did not want vouchers as that would mean control by the government and they wanted to maintain their rep as the best school in the city. I agree with them.<br /><br />As to direction to college, leave the kids alone. I agree that many should not go to college and a plumber is a better occupation. But I graduated from Byrd in the sixties with a C-. I scored poorly in the SAT. I went to LSU as they took everyone and fluked out everybody in the first year. I made the Dean's list. I went to med. school in 3 years and graduated with honors. I have been one of the best physicians in LA. So much for high school grades and massive exams. Just leave the kids alone, they will seek their own level.david7134https://www.blogger.com/profile/09312542857203326560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-12793084809929869402012-02-21T14:39:31.336-06:002012-02-21T14:39:31.336-06:00Sorry. A liberal arts degree is not an entitlemen...Sorry. A liberal arts degree is not an entitlement, anymore than it is job training...although the guy in the white house obviously disagrees.<br /><br />The solution to the crises in public education is not to punish teachers, or close down schools...it's to expel troublemakers and ensure that only the cream is directed toward college. The rest, who aren't in jail already, should be directed to tech schools for ACTUAL job training. There is no shame in being a plumber; they make more each year than I ever could!<br /><br />To INCREASE the VALUE of a liberal arts education, these degrees should be far more uncommon than they are now. When everyone has a BA, it becomes simply a High School degree, part 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com