My wife was
a school teacher. I was a school
teacher and principal. I could go on at
length over what is actually wrong with our public-school system and the logical fixes; but with today’s political cluster-fuck of a government shutdown I will
only address one.
I was
watching the news this morning and saw a poll that blamed 50% of the government
shutdown on Trump, 45% on Democrats in Congress and only 5% on the Republic
Congress. This is just an example of
political ignorance which ends up as partisan cultism.
Civics, how
our government operates, if taught at all, is taught in the sixth grade. The ignorance of the American population
about the operation of their own government is astounding, and our bastardized
understanding of political events comes from whatever TV channel we troll and
our social media connections.
Civics
should be a required class for seniors, and should include a project
on government followed up by a thesis.
Of course,
this is not up to the schools.
Curriculum is decided by federal and state legislators who have never
taught a day in a classroom, and by for profit testing companies. I don’t even need to point out the
disconnect of the Department of Education
A more
educated society would not find themselves in the morass we have today.
The Ol’Buzzard
