| Why are things so screwed up? This is why. After the November elections, Clem wants to move into the schools with a new course on how the U.S. Constitution was formed. He doesn't think the teachers are doing a good job on that front and he figures, if he can just get into the classroom, his band of retirees with Tea Party roots can correct all that. Oh my, even he concedes that will be controversial but he's on a mission to do it. "We're not going away," he asserts. So school districts and non-T.P. parents be forewarned: Some one from the movement will be knocking on your door next winter. This should be fun to watch.
Yeah ... hahahaha ... this ought to be a stone hoot. At a time when school boards will be making budget adjustments thanks to whatever horror limps through the Legislature this year, school boards and superintendents will be inundated with demands by unqualified political activists with clearly stated partisan goals insisting that they be allowed to exercise their constitutional rights to bray on about their personal political agendas to a captive audience. What about that doesn't howl out, "Establishing educational goals of excellence?" Here is your first clue that this is a terrible idea. There is a public and open process by which citizens can influence the state's public education curriculum. And, if that fails you, you can always try with the Legislature. The right, from where these yahoos hail, has been trying that for years with things like Intelligent Design and "alternate theories" to global warming. Now, people who wish to avoid this public and open process wish to barge their way into civics classes across the state and lecture children on how government works. As for Skubick ... rather than sitting back with a bowl of popcorn to see if things get worse, why not apply some of those 38 years of experience as "senior capital correspondent" and point out what a loony idea this is on its face. P.S. Some of the biggest morons I met in the service were the pay grade equivalent of a captain. Them's ain't all rocket scientists that get to dine in the officers' mess. |
