RE: Social Promotion

["Tim Kinkeade" <kinkeade@moscow.com>]

Greetings,

I'm not necessarily offended but I certainly do not agree.  It's a matter of
interpretation.  I think the glass is half full.

Although it is not a perfect system it is the best one we have, similar to
democracy and the judicial system.

I think the gentleman's comments are the result of negative thinking.  I
liken it to, "I remember when politicians were honest, people were more
trustworthy and the kids were actually educated in the public schools......
It goes on and on.

Moscow's public schools have been great for my family.  I support our public
schools and I will vote in favor of the upcoming levy.

Tim Kinkeade


-----Original Message-----
From: thansen@moscow.com [mailto:thansen@moscow.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:25 PM
To: Ry Jones; 'Vision2020'
Subject: RE: Social Promotion


Greetings Visionaires -

Being a product of public education (culminating with a degree from a public
university here in Moscow), I find these comments to be extremely offensive
and
prejudicial.


Are there any other "public schoolers" that feel the same was as I do out
there?

Take care,

Tom Hansen

> Why not just admit that public education is a failure and move on? Why are
> we, as a society, so fixated on public education as the only solution for
> educating our kids?
>
> I was going to rant on social promotion, but the failure is really
> continuing funding of public schools.
>
> My argument was going to be that social promotion devalues a high school
> diploma, but how much less value can a diploma have? All having one means
is
> you sat still and turned off your brain for 12 years. If the schools want
to
> hand them out to illiterate young adults, well, so be it.
>


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