My own education rant

[melclaros]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Calliope" <julia at t...> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:30:21 -0800 (PST), "melclaros" wrote:
> >>Children are already being warehoused and our voucher 
> program is in its infancy. These schools are not required to test 
> their students. (How ironic is THAT? The public schools live and 
die 
> by the state test, but the state is handing out checks to private 
> schools and giving them Carte Blanche with it! No accountability 
> requested!) When the money runs out, the children are shipped back 
to 
> the local public school, midway through the year, woefully behind 
and 
> TA-DA! they are then expected to pass the sacred FCAT which will 
> grade the school the children haven't even been attending for most 
of 
> the year! The school's grade drops, more students become eligible 
for 
> vouchers based on that grade and the vicious circle begins again. 
> 
> Me:
> 
> I am sitting here with my eyes falling out in total shock.  You 
have GOT to be
> kidding me!  Please tell me you are making this up.  Please, 
please, please. 
> They're getting state money, but don't have to abide by state 
regulations?  I
> think I'm going to be sick.  This is the most ludicrous thing I've 
ever heard. 
> I thought *my* state was the only one making a bunch of dumb rules, 
but I see
> that's not so.  Geez.
> 
> Calliope 
> 



I wish I could tell you I was making it up. Actually I could tell you 
more. But I won't. It's just too sickening.

Mel