Today as more and more parents pull their
kids out of physically dangerous and politically-correct educational
environments, there is a simple reason for this activity that
goes to the root of how we run our country. It's that we believe
in allowing the market to decide the value of a product. And
so it is, as these parents speak volumes about their dissatisfaction
in how their children are being taught and the lack of values
that are found in the public schools.
Ever since the ACLU entered the schools in
the mid-1970s over the length of hair, our schools have never
been the same. Their greatest success was when they had been
allowed to reflect the local flavor of each community they were
located in. Now school administrators, taught by biased and
ultraliberal universities, bring a national secular agenda to
our local schools of cleansing and political correctness.
Below is a story called Teaching
Math, that while funny, may instead anger you. It describes
perfectly the decline of our education system through the interference
of the ACLU, other liberal organizations, and the influence
of nutty university training of teachers and administrators.
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TEACHING MATH
Last week, I purchased a burger for $1.58. The counter girl
took my $2, and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8
cents from my pocket and gave it to her.
She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking
at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried
to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the
manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction
to her, she stood there and cried.
Why do I tell you this?
Please read in a sense of what has happened to our schools
through this short story titled, "The History of Teaching
Math."
Teaching Math In 1950:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber or $100. His cost of
production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
Teaching Math In 1960:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of
production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?
Teaching Math In 1970:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of
production is $80. Did he make a profit?
Teaching Math In 1980:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of
production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment is
to underline the number 20.
Teaching Math In 1990:
By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes
$20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic
for class participation after answering the question: "How
did the forest birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut
down the trees?" (Let's discussion
the issue of removing all logging from our country. There
are no wrong answers.)
Teaching Math In 2000:
"El hachero vende un camion carga por $100. La cuesta
de production es . . . "
Is it any wonder
employers don't want to hire American workers.
Thanks to
Jim of New Jersey