tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post4549175828781868663..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Michelle Rhee's Situational EthicsJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-17943942498918432172013-04-17T16:09:24.586-04:002013-04-17T16:09:24.586-04:00How naive to think that the meaning of 12 to 13-ye...How naive to think that the meaning of 12 to 13-years of immersion in the school-world can be reduced to a set of test results. Rather, children will remember the big lessons: 1) its OK to cheat, if its important enough to you; 2) its OK to not even try -- if you can't see that your work is directly connected to your success (your bad results won't count for your grade but they may get your teacher fired); 3) its OK to get back at a teacher by purposely getting questions wrong; and 4) getting enthusiastic about education is not nearly as important as learning how to take a multiple-choice answer test, <br /><br />Obama may feel comfortable that the tests will 'level the playing field' (and hence lead to a reduction in dropouts and failures) among black inner city youth but what is the sense of doing that if these 'new' graduates can't get decent jobs (even though a higher percentage of them get diplomas) -- we already have around 50% of recent college graduates who find themselves either unable to find work or only able to find any work much less work that requires that 'piece of paper'? Will that somehow improve the reputation of our graduates (when compared with graduates from other countries)? Maybe the scenario we are headed for is:: invade the country (that has a good demand for college graduates) and then force them to hire our graduates? sixtiessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690402553239759342noreply@blogger.com