Public education is the dog that can be ignored when it is kenneled and quiet, but gets kicked when it barks. Perhaps it is inevitable that something so readily available and necessary is taken for granted, and treated with contempt and derision, by those who have unavoidably benefited from it. Now as I write this, … Continue reading The Paradox of Public Education
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Why there are no atheists in the classroom
This is derived from a post I saw on Facebook, and tempered with real observations of teaching in public schools. A teacher being interviewed by an administrator: 'Let me see if I've got this right. 'You want me to go into that room with more than thirty kids, confiscate cell phones and iPods, stop bullying … Continue reading Why there are no atheists in the classroom