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Originally posted by valkyrie
If they keep focusing on standardized testing and doing stupid things like eliminating recess, these kids are going to grow up to be little robots with no creativity or social skills.
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Thanks Valk. That's the point I've been trying to make in San Diego for years ever since the blueprint for success fucked up the San Diego City School District.
A quote from Mr. Holland's Opus says it best:
"Well, I guess you can cut the arts as much as you want, Gene. Sooner or later, these kids aren't going to have anything to read or write about. "
Well, arts is the key issue with me, not recess, but it applies. Down here, they're making new high schools that have a trade focus, like an ITT tech for high schoolers, cuting arts programs left and right, and inserting these absurd new standards and tests.
All these people who think they're making the whole schoolwide landscape better are actually balancing it out- the smart kids are getting dumber at the expense of the ones who need to get their act together, kinda like punishing the whole for the mistakes of few.
I don't see where people don't get "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Instead of trying these radical new concepts, maybe they should focus on the family, the home, and the individual student him/herself.
Almost makes you want to send your kids to a private school....almost...
BTW, the administrators who only focus on standardized tests don't give two shits about their children's scholastic improvement. Higher test scores = more money. For Alan Bersin, amongst others, this is merely a political career move...