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There was an article in todays newspaper that said that the HS diploma was the most worthless public document. That it amounted to nothing more than a certificate that the student attended HS. That HS ill prepared students for either the work force or high education. The panel that came up with that assesmentt said that to make the diploma worth something scholls would have to go back to more rigorous classes. That Geometry and Algerbra, and English be taught as core classwork. Needless to say Teachers and representatives of school districts dismissed the report.

However in CA 50% of the Freshmen attending CSU system have to take remedial English before they can attempt College level class work.

I say let's start with Stupid Johnnys parents as being responsible for this sorry state of affairs. 1. they don't demand more of the school system in the way of quality classwork 2. They seldom oversee that Stupid Johhny is doing his work, and demand that he be prepared. Instead of watching MTV. 3. Stop using the school system as daycare. 4. Stop blaming everyone but themselves when Stupid Johnny turns out to be a failure and has trouble maintaining a job at Burger World, his boss says that he has a hard time figuring out which button is the Happy Meal Button.


Next let's take on the School Districts. 1. School districts have more secratarys and administrators than teachers 2. School systems should require a core curriculum that prepares students for the real world. As in requiring students to take a class in how to write and balance a check book etc 3. school districts should back teachers up, and stop with the revisionist educational ideas. The three R's are just fine the way they were. 4. Shools should stop worrying about being PC. When a little girl gets suspended for a week for saying the word HE!! something is wrong in Denmark, Ohio.

Third the State Legislatures should 1.make schools competative, by allowing School Vouchers...parents pay taxes that support school systems, so they should be able to be smart consumers and use there money to buy the best education for their child that they can. But will the Teachers Unions allow this NO, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WOULD BE OUT OF A JOB. 2. Renumerate teachers on doing a good job 3. Break the School Teachers Union as being an unnecesary evil

MOre ideas anyone????????