Tuesday, October 10, 2006
The kids aren't alright
Being in a freshman level Intro. to Public Administration class is relatively entertaining. Some of the youth and the things they say are amusing at best and eerily scary at the worst.
We have been discussing the No Child Left Behind Act. Honestly, I could care less about it as my kids will never go to a public school. However, the hatred for President Bush and his intitiatives seems to be apparent. And I think much of it comes from what whiny WEAC teachers teach in schools.
These freshmen can't make a good policy alternative. I ask what do you propose. The answer is always more money. Too bad more money isn't always the answer.
The sad truth is that these kids accepted what their public school teachers have taught them. They don't think for themselves or think about their values. One could argue that they haven't developed any values--except that Big Oil, Tobacco and the Military Industrial Complex is evil.
Forget about morals. Seems to me that morals were thrown out of the school at the same time as prayer. These kids want fair and equal instead of morals and status.
Life isn't fair and we aren't all equal. Our history books say that all men were created equal, but that is based on the premise that we treat each other with class and honor. We are all going to either rise, fall or level off in social status. We all can't be equals in that sense, but we can respect those above, below and those at the same level of us.
But that isn't taught in today's public schools. Instead, they teach it's wrong to want to make millions and be powerful and influential. And if you become successful, tax the hell out of them.
Is that what we want our kids to learn?
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