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duffyduff

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3. That's the point. It's to deliberately cause children to fail

Reply to mbperrin (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 06:43 PM

Feb 2013

so that they never make it to higher education. What I mean by higher education is high school. The neoliberal push is to educate children only to about a seventh- or eighth-grade level since few jobs require any skills. The neolibs see education as a total waste of money and resources.

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Republicans and Democrats are both to blame Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #1

Entirely developmentally inappropriate. mbperrin Feb 2013 #2

That's the point. It's to deliberately cause children to fail duffyduff Feb 2013 #3

Absolutely. It also eliminates the learning that the kids ARE neurologically ready for, and we see Squinch Feb 2013 #5

I was criticized recently for making that very point. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #7

That's why I rail against requiring seventh and eighth graders to learn algebra duffyduff Feb 2013 #8

We start it in 3rd grade now proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #9

I remember being in a self-led math program in elementary school in the '70s AllyCat Feb 2013 #10

The point is to make money Modern School Feb 2013 #4

I wish more teachers understood that. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #6