Distressing! This discourse on cursive writing epitomizes the woeful, present state of American education and 'mis-education,' perfectly! Ancient Egyptians had 3 forms of writing: hieroglyphic (religious), hieratic (cursive). and demotic (commercial). We formerly had 2 forms--print and cursive, and now only have 1! During the past 40 years, education 'theorists' and pedagogical 'innovators' have destroyed the roots of the American education system right under our noses. They perfumed their perfidy with pretensions of progress and improvement, like "closing the educational gap;" referring to it as "a nation at risk:" They pushed teachers out of the classroom, and, having commandeered it, discarded their irreplaceable practical knowledge, wisdom and intuitive insight with somebody else's antagonistic agenda. While the public focused its attention on questions of integration, busing, and other sociological diversions, these intruders marched right in behind their pseudo-scientific studies and took control. Educational impact studies must be performed on affected communities before anymore of these destructive amulets or charms are purchased with our tax dollars. We must be assured of their efficacy before, not after, their implementation! Cursive writing's demise is one example of the many causes of the continuous and ongoing crises in public education, whose destruction is sought by somebody with power, money and a political agenda. No less terrorist than Al-Qaeda's or Boko Haram's, agendas are these, of those who also detest 'western education, and are determined to 'dumb it down' to facilitate their rule over its now-defective bypducts! The so-called 'Core Curriculum' is hollow and vain.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Cursive Writing Crisis
Distressing! This discourse on cursive writing epitomizes the woeful, present state of American education and 'mis-education,' perfectly! Ancient Egyptians had 3 forms of writing: hieroglyphic (religious), hieratic (cursive). and demotic (commercial). We formerly had 2 forms--print and cursive, and now only have 1! During the past 40 years, education 'theorists' and pedagogical 'innovators' have destroyed the roots of the American education system right under our noses. They perfumed their perfidy with pretensions of progress and improvement, like "closing the educational gap;" referring to it as "a nation at risk:" They pushed teachers out of the classroom, and, having commandeered it, discarded their irreplaceable practical knowledge, wisdom and intuitive insight with somebody else's antagonistic agenda. While the public focused its attention on questions of integration, busing, and other sociological diversions, these intruders marched right in behind their pseudo-scientific studies and took control. Educational impact studies must be performed on affected communities before anymore of these destructive amulets or charms are purchased with our tax dollars. We must be assured of their efficacy before, not after, their implementation! Cursive writing's demise is one example of the many causes of the continuous and ongoing crises in public education, whose destruction is sought by somebody with power, money and a political agenda. No less terrorist than Al-Qaeda's or Boko Haram's, agendas are these, of those who also detest 'western education, and are determined to 'dumb it down' to facilitate their rule over its now-defective bypducts! The so-called 'Core Curriculum' is hollow and vain.