Reply #64: Interesting thread-my turn to gripe [View All]

[BlackVelvetElvis]

I graduated 20 years ago, things sure have changed. What a mess standard testing has made out of LEARNING. I teach, as do most of my friends, and there is no time to TEACH because of these damn tests. Every teacher I have spoken to hates standard testing and when we organize, we are called "terrorists" by the governmental talking head of the day. Here's something you can do, turn your parents into activists! A united group of parents can be effective. Most of my friends who teach public school have major complaints about most parents not caring. That I don't understand.
BTW, if you want to read some good Mark Twain, read "Letters from the Earth" or "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven". Both short and timely. Fundie parents would have a fit over those.