So, our problem is how do we educate the children of low IQ mothers who think education is a "white man's thing" and many of whom do not speak English. The first question to address, is just how much can they be educated? Anyone who has listened to an interview of a football star who graduated from some prestigious college knows that many black football players are illiterate, even after years of education. We also know that programs designed to level the playing field, such as school busing, affirmative action and head start, have been abject failures. The first thing to understand, then, is that all students cannot become college professors, doctors or lawyers.
However, most, I believe, can be taught to read, write and do simple math. How do we improve the chances of this happening? The goal should be to remove the stumbling blocks that make it difficult for those who want to learn, to learn. We already feed and clothe them and most have a roof over their heads. However, when they reach the inner city classroom things begin to fall apart. The impediments to learning include rowdy students who disrespect the teachers and continually disrupt the classroom. These hoodlums should be removed from the classroom and kicked out of school. Today, in our insane upside down world, the school administrators are forced to do whatever is necessary to keep these miscreants in school. This nonsense must stop. Education should be considered a privilege not simply a way to keep low-life off the streets while padding the school's coffers.
Another major hindrance to education are the non-English speaking students who are flooding our classrooms. Obviously, having children who do not speak English in our schools greatly impedes learning for the English speaking majority, especially if they are not all that bright to begin with. I do not believe we have any obligation to educate the children of illegal's (actually they should be deported) but if we are going to make an attempt to do so, it should be in separate classrooms.
Under no circumstances should non-English speakers be allowed to interfere with the education of the English speaking population. Throwing out the hoodlums and providing separate facilities for the non-English speaking students are steps in the right direction, but we also must break up the monopoly that is public education, especially in the inner cities.
The states, or the federal government for that matter, should not be financing K through 12 directly. Rather, the parents, or parent, should receive a stipend for each of their children which they can use finance their education in a school of their choice, whether it be the local public school down the street or a charter school across town. Schools which elect to participate in this system would be required to accept the stipend as full payment for the service they render. Private and charter schools would prosper under this system, while public schools would either shape up or go under. That's the way it should be.
Now, what to do with the teachers unions? Public employee unions, of all types, are inherently evil and should be abolished. The Bart Union in the bay area is a prime example. Bart trains run themselves automatically, yet we pay Bart engineers $120,000 a year to do literally nothing. Bart janitors, on average, are paid $80,000 a year for pushing a broom. By the state of Bart's restrooms, not too often.
Anyone who has attended a public school knows that many teachers are inept, yet if tenured they cannot be fired. As long as the teachers' unions, and other public employer unions, are allowed to provide financial support for the campaigns of the politicians who control the public work place, nothing will change.
In this respect, the Supreme Court ruling that determined that financial contributions to political campaigns were a form of "free speech," was one of the worst decisions ever!
Monday, January 18, 2016
Salvaging What Is Left Of America Step 4- Fixing our Schools
If you were to ask the average person on the street, he would say our schools are a mess. This is only partially true and reflects the fact that the press concentrates, for the most part, on statistics gathered from large inner city schools that attempt, unsuccessfully, to educate the intellectually challenged masses. For the most part, students attending schools in the suburbs are doing quite well, thank you. If your child is lucky enough to attend a private or a catholic school all the better.
So, our problem is how do we educate the children of low IQ mothers who think education is a "white man's thing" and many of whom do not speak English. The first question to address, is just how much can they be educated? Anyone who has listened to an interview of a football star who graduated from some prestigious college knows that many black football players are illiterate, even after years of education. We also know that programs designed to level the playing field, such as school busing, affirmative action and head start, have been abject failures. The first thing to understand, then, is that all students cannot become college professors, doctors or lawyers.
However, most, I believe, can be taught to read, write and do simple math. How do we improve the chances of this happening? The goal should be to remove the stumbling blocks that make it difficult for those who want to learn, to learn. We already feed and clothe them and most have a roof over their heads. However, when they reach the inner city classroom things begin to fall apart. The impediments to learning include rowdy students who disrespect the teachers and continually disrupt the classroom. These hoodlums should be removed from the classroom and kicked out of school. Today, in our insane upside down world, the school administrators are forced to do whatever is necessary to keep these miscreants in school. This nonsense must stop. Education should be considered a privilege not simply a way to keep low-life off the streets while padding the school's coffers.
Another major hindrance to education are the non-English speaking students who are flooding our classrooms. Obviously, having children who do not speak English in our schools greatly impedes learning for the English speaking majority, especially if they are not all that bright to begin with. I do not believe we have any obligation to educate the children of illegal's (actually they should be deported) but if we are going to make an attempt to do so, it should be in separate classrooms.
Under no circumstances should non-English speakers be allowed to interfere with the education of the English speaking population. Throwing out the hoodlums and providing separate facilities for the non-English speaking students are steps in the right direction, but we also must break up the monopoly that is public education, especially in the inner cities.
The states, or the federal government for that matter, should not be financing K through 12 directly. Rather, the parents, or parent, should receive a stipend for each of their children which they can use finance their education in a school of their choice, whether it be the local public school down the street or a charter school across town. Schools which elect to participate in this system would be required to accept the stipend as full payment for the service they render. Private and charter schools would prosper under this system, while public schools would either shape up or go under. That's the way it should be.
Now, what to do with the teachers unions? Public employee unions, of all types, are inherently evil and should be abolished. The Bart Union in the bay area is a prime example. Bart trains run themselves automatically, yet we pay Bart engineers $120,000 a year to do literally nothing. Bart janitors, on average, are paid $80,000 a year for pushing a broom. By the state of Bart's restrooms, not too often.
Anyone who has attended a public school knows that many teachers are inept, yet if tenured they cannot be fired. As long as the teachers' unions, and other public employer unions, are allowed to provide financial support for the campaigns of the politicians who control the public work place, nothing will change.
In this respect, the Supreme Court ruling that determined that financial contributions to political campaigns were a form of "free speech," was one of the worst decisions ever!
So, our problem is how do we educate the children of low IQ mothers who think education is a "white man's thing" and many of whom do not speak English. The first question to address, is just how much can they be educated? Anyone who has listened to an interview of a football star who graduated from some prestigious college knows that many black football players are illiterate, even after years of education. We also know that programs designed to level the playing field, such as school busing, affirmative action and head start, have been abject failures. The first thing to understand, then, is that all students cannot become college professors, doctors or lawyers.
However, most, I believe, can be taught to read, write and do simple math. How do we improve the chances of this happening? The goal should be to remove the stumbling blocks that make it difficult for those who want to learn, to learn. We already feed and clothe them and most have a roof over their heads. However, when they reach the inner city classroom things begin to fall apart. The impediments to learning include rowdy students who disrespect the teachers and continually disrupt the classroom. These hoodlums should be removed from the classroom and kicked out of school. Today, in our insane upside down world, the school administrators are forced to do whatever is necessary to keep these miscreants in school. This nonsense must stop. Education should be considered a privilege not simply a way to keep low-life off the streets while padding the school's coffers.
Another major hindrance to education are the non-English speaking students who are flooding our classrooms. Obviously, having children who do not speak English in our schools greatly impedes learning for the English speaking majority, especially if they are not all that bright to begin with. I do not believe we have any obligation to educate the children of illegal's (actually they should be deported) but if we are going to make an attempt to do so, it should be in separate classrooms.
Under no circumstances should non-English speakers be allowed to interfere with the education of the English speaking population. Throwing out the hoodlums and providing separate facilities for the non-English speaking students are steps in the right direction, but we also must break up the monopoly that is public education, especially in the inner cities.
The states, or the federal government for that matter, should not be financing K through 12 directly. Rather, the parents, or parent, should receive a stipend for each of their children which they can use finance their education in a school of their choice, whether it be the local public school down the street or a charter school across town. Schools which elect to participate in this system would be required to accept the stipend as full payment for the service they render. Private and charter schools would prosper under this system, while public schools would either shape up or go under. That's the way it should be.
Now, what to do with the teachers unions? Public employee unions, of all types, are inherently evil and should be abolished. The Bart Union in the bay area is a prime example. Bart trains run themselves automatically, yet we pay Bart engineers $120,000 a year to do literally nothing. Bart janitors, on average, are paid $80,000 a year for pushing a broom. By the state of Bart's restrooms, not too often.
Anyone who has attended a public school knows that many teachers are inept, yet if tenured they cannot be fired. As long as the teachers' unions, and other public employer unions, are allowed to provide financial support for the campaigns of the politicians who control the public work place, nothing will change.
In this respect, the Supreme Court ruling that determined that financial contributions to political campaigns were a form of "free speech," was one of the worst decisions ever!
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