tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post8467081339593389391..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: 'Maximum feasible non-cooperation'Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-72948041370867992692009-04-06T22:11:00.000-04:002009-04-06T22:11:00.000-04:00I personally long for a Socratic form of education...<I>I personally long for a Socratic form of education, but alas it is economically impossible.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.paideia.org/content.php/philo/paiphilo.htm" REL="nofollow">No it's not.</A> The problem is that the teacher unions, homosexuals, multiculturalists, pan[insert ethnicity], and other radicals that dominate public "education," primarily in the form of colleges of education at state universities, can successfully label Western thinkers such as Adler as racists and keep his ideas from being studied. Want to know the only way to fail an education class? Don't hate yourself for being white, male, heterosexual or Christian.<BR/><BR/>Former "teacher."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-3573693835628452812009-04-06T20:35:00.000-04:002009-04-06T20:35:00.000-04:00I am a public school teacher, and frankly the publ...I am a public school teacher, and frankly the public education system is flawed. Unfortunately, without it, millions of children would go completely uneducated. Very few parents are willing to make the effort to school their children at home.<BR/><BR/>I personally long for a Socratic form of education, but alas it is economically impossible.Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-28591581882418934442009-04-06T15:29:00.000-04:002009-04-06T15:29:00.000-04:00http://who-whom.blogspot.com/2009/04/against-publi...http://who-whom.blogspot.com/2009/04/against-public-school-derangement.html<BR/><BR/>A response to your "Public School Derangement Syndrome," Mac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-85969367450496394422009-04-06T13:08:00.000-04:002009-04-06T13:08:00.000-04:00I had not paid much attention to liberal ideology ...I had not paid much attention to liberal ideology and its spawn, the public school system, until Obama came along. Now that I better understand the liberal mindset, and see that public schools are nothing more than vehicles for indoctrination into the liberal mindset, there is no way I'm letting my kid go to a public school in America. So in a strange way, I'm saying "Thanks, Obama!"Higgynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-37573132146588234372009-04-06T10:33:00.000-04:002009-04-06T10:33:00.000-04:00From "over there": The system, by its very nature,...From "over there":<BR/><EM> The system, by its very nature, undermines parental authority, is unresponsive to the real needs of students, and is oriented toward replicating in children the conformist mentality of bureaucratic mediocrity that pervades the administration and faculty.</EM><BR/><BR/>Kinda ironic. I don't believe that is what John Dewey intended. <BR/><BR/>A bit off topic, but I came across this from a <A HREF="http://thinkingdifferentlyabouteducation.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow"></A>local homeschooler:<BR/><BR/><EM>The worst part is yet to come.... one of the female characters, a middle aged lady kept messing up on her lines. Not a big deal. She handled it well and had good come backs...or so I thought. She mixed up her verbs...something like replacing were with was or vice-versa. It sounded really slang...haven't we all done this and caught ourselves? Well, I have.<BR/>So, she turns to the audience and shouts, "GEEZE, I'M TALKING LIKE ONE OF THEM HOMESCHOOLERS!".... and then the audience clapped, roared and cheered. Including my in-laws. All of them. They all leaned over looking at ME! Tommie's jaw dropped. My eyes were wide open like coffee cup saucers! Then, if that wasn't enough...she had to say it AGAIN.... "I'm talking like a HOMESCHOOLER!"...AGAIN, the audience loved it. She then turned to the audience and shouted proud and loud..."Did I tell you I am a public school educator? And our school district is the best around???"</EM><BR/><BR/>Loverly.Carinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00524723621248853209noreply@blogger.com