The last debate between Kerry and Bush — not a decisive win for either. But what color is Bush’s sky?
I got really tired of Bush repeating that the cure for everything — the economy, jobs, taxes, anything — was education and the No Child Left Behind Act. I wanted him to have to answer these questions:
* When all of these well-educated kids graduate from high school / college, where in the
* If I lose my job to outsourcing, while I appreciate the thought that I may get a pittance to help me retrain,
* What exactly are the “jobs of the 21st century?” I have what I was told 10 years ago was a “job of the 21st century.” I’m watching all of my friends and colleagues losing their jobs to outsourcing.
* Do you have the remotest clue that an $60k+ professional position and a minimum-wage burger-flipping job are not synonymous? Do you know how many workers at Walmart qualify for government aid?
At least Kerry seems to live somewhere on the same planet that I do.
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Finally! Someone with common sense. I kept watching the same thing, noticing the same thing, and I found myself wondering the same thing.
Only in Politics can you come up with a plan but fail to see it through, and then use that failure as a measure of success and a cure-all. Sheesh!
Oregon is getting screwed by no child left behind – but the rich schools are reaping the benefits.
1Remark from Jalpuna — Thursday, 10/14/2004 @ 10:16 AM
There’s no teeth in No Child Left Behind. It has no provision to get schools that fail back on track. All it does is add yet another layer of testing, a la CIM and CAM, for “teachers” to teach to.
Which state has the worst record in public education? You guessed it — Texas.
Would Dubya really tell a 55 year old person who had just lost a job to outsourcing that retraining is the answer? One has to wonder exactly how clueless he is!
2Remark from Judy — Thursday, 10/14/2004 @ 11:29 AM