I dont believe it. The State Journal actually printed my letter to the editor. Never thought theyd do it--of course, it did take over two weeks. Congratulations to the state Legislature for its ingenuous idea of putting each and every child in Michigan on an automotive style assembly line. The concept that children are individuals and learn and develop at different rates and speeds is so passé. The latest bill on the docket requires schools to retain children at the end of the third grade who have not attained the reading efficiency — which, according to the LSJ, means 36,662 students would have to repeat third grade. Another brilliant thing they could legislate — every child should pass through puberty by the end of the seventh grade. Back in the prehistoric days, when I taught middle school, one boy burst into tears when he received an unexpected, hard-earned A on a quiz. In today’s world, that would be way too much of a distraction. Suppose that had happened on the day the state and national curriculum guide dictated all eighth graders had to master introductory gerund phrases? Each legislator should be required to examine each child’s puberty level personally wearing sterilized latex gloves. Larry Webb Lansing
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 16:33:10 +0000
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