Denying Children cause Parents are Lesbians

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Originally Posted by Ms Cyn

Nods.. Creighton Preps moto is.. *Building Men for Others who serve and seek justice in our local, national, and international communities*

The entire public school system needs a complete over haul.. No child left behind has failed on such a massive level.. Forget about learning.. Teach only what the kid needs to pass the next test... Forget about actually preparing a child to think and live.. When Annie was in the states, she was horrified at the way teachers were expected to teach..

My father, before he died 10 years ago, spent 40 years of his life in education. Ten of it as a secondary school teacher, ten more as a Vice principal and 20 more as a professor of teacher education. I remember listening to he and my mother (also a college professor) talk about schools, their students and how education was changing and not for the better. Growing up in that environment I became an adult with an outlook on education that might justifiably be called romantic. I believe, deep in my bones, that education is the key to liberation. By education, I mean something far beyond knowing facts and figures. It's *how* to think about things, how to know the contents of one's own mind and a grounding in both basic science literacy and basic cultural literacy (art, music, poetry, theatre). This was what my parents saw their mission was: not to fill their students heads with facts for regurgitation but with a thirst for knowledge and understanding that was voracious. All the rest was details.

Cheers
Aj