WHAT IS REALLY WRONG WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

I watched a Stossel show on Fox last night about our educational system.  I admire his attempt...but he lives in a bubble and does not really know why Americans are "dumbing down."  Like many people, he does not appear to apply common sense to some facts that are absolutely ludicrous.

For instance, last night he showed a crying woman who complained that her daughter was graduating from the sixth grade and did not know how to spell GIRL.  She blamed the  teachers by saying that "teachers don't care"

Applying common sense to that statement:  before graduating, the girl has had at least six teachers who attempted to teach her how to spell GIRL.  Isn't it illogical to think that all six teachers did not care and were incompetent.  Why didn't the mother teach her?  Why was she allowed to graduate from the 6th grade?  Is it possible that the student did not want to learn how to spell girl?  Give me a break! 

I don't know why this child does not know how to spell GIRL, but I do know what is the biggest problem with our educational system in America.

The school system that I teach in got sued last year by some parents and won.  Now, short of committing murder, a student cannot be expelled, and other forms of punishment are limited.  In the schools where the male students wear their pants almost down to their knees, they must be allowed to do so.  I have actually seen males walking the halls holding on to their pants to keep them from falling to the floor.  These students say that it gives them "swag."  This "swag" mentality is a pollutant to the minds of the male students.

IF PARENTS WILL SEND SUDENTS TO SCHOOL WILLING TO LEARN, THE TEACHERS WILL TEACH THEM.

INSTEAD, SOME PARENTS SEND IN UNCIVILIZED CHILDREN WHO CONTAMINATES THE CIVILIZED STUDENTS AND INHIBITS THE TEACHER'S ABILITY TO TEACH THE WHOLE CLASS.

Instead of blaming the schools, our deteriorating culture needs a major overhaul, especially in the poverty communities.  One of the reasons, but certainly not the only reason, that people live in poverty is the way they THINK about how to live their lives.  It has nothing to do with their IQ, but it is the way they LOOK AT LIFE, and too many times they blame others for their failures instead of taking responsibility for how their lives have turned out.

DRUGS AND POLITICIANS

I don't think I ever gave it any thought about politicians in high places who might be taking drugs or drinking alcohol to excess until July 11, 2014 when Bob Beckel of "The Five" of the Fox News network admitted that he was a recovering addict.

During the years he was an addict, of both alcohol and cocaine, he was working in political circles and making important decisions that impacted us as Americans.  This got me to wondering about how many politicians in our government today that might be functioning addicts, and how they are making serious decisions on the behalf of the United States.

With the recent push of making marijuana legal, and it is a very common drug-of-choice, I wonder how many of our politicians partake of this drug, or more potent drugs, and engage in drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.  If they have a history of this type of behavior in the past, it is highly likely that they may resort to it again when they become politicians.

Marijuana is a very common drug used in America.  While this drug affects each individual in a different way, it is well-known to demotivate a person, reduces their ambition to succeed, and can make them appear to be disengaged with their surroundings.  In other words, it can make a person seem to "not care" about what is going on around them.

Since teachers, policemen, and just about everyone who works is forced to undergo random drug tests, maybe the politicians should be required to do so, starting with the President and continuing downward even to the local levels of government.  

The liberals in America protest to high heaven that Marijuana is a harmless drug.  Please click on the following link for more information on this drug.  I did not write the following article, but I think it is very informative.

http://addictions.about.com/od/legalissues/a/What-Do-Marijuana-Effects-Feel-Like.htm

ARE ALL LIBERALS IDIOTS?

I don't think so, but Debbie Wasserman and Nancy Pelosi certainly do not serve as good role models for Democratic women.

Debbie Wasserman knows exactly what she is doing with her caustic attacks on the Republicans.  She knows that there are millions of mindless liberals who believes anything she says.

Speaking of mindless liberals...Nancy Pelosi knows what she is doing most of the time, but I think she is simply clueless as to what is really going on in the world.

Wake up Americans!  We are like sheep who are being led to the slaughter.

RAISING BOTH ARMS IS NOT ALWAYS A SIGN OF SURRENDERING

There are many stories being presented by eye witnesses regarding the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.  I want to state upfront that some of these stories may be true, but I want to offer another possibility, questioning the reason he might have raised his hands during the confrontation.  I think it is important to point out that I am of the white race.

I part-time teach in my public school system, and I like to teach in the middle and high schools.  In a classroom, I am frequently a witness to bad behavior, creating so much chaos  in the classroom it hinders the good students from being able to learn.  Naïve liberals have a simple solution: blame it on the teacher's inability to control his/her classroom.  Yeah! Sure!  Just make them behave.  No problem!

Back to the point of this blog about hands being raised in any confrontation.  In a classroom setting, I can see with my own eyes when a kid punches another one, throws something across the room, and other mischievous actions, and when I confront them...this is what I have seen numerous times:

The perpetrator will automatically throw up both of their hands and say, "What did I do?"  Somehow, this must be some natural instinct that is supposed to reinforce their innocence.

Back to the Brown case:  One eye witness account of Michael Brown's actions was that he turned toward the cop and said, "What are you going to do...shoot me?"  Did he instinctually throw up both hands as he taunted the cop?  Is it possible that he was trying to be a smart-aleck?

Everybody who has any interest in the Brown shooting case is making unconscious decisions based on their past experiences.  It is a natural phenomenon to be influenced by what has happened in the past.  In fact, it is hard to make any decision without being influenced one way or the other. 

My past experiences make me question why Brown might have raised his hands, if he did so.  However, the justice system is supposed to be absolutely neutral, not contaminated by past experiences, and decisions should be based on facts, and only facts, as to what really happened during the shooting of Michael Brown.

WHY DO POLICEMEN DISTRUST YOUNG BLACK MEN?

Why do policemen distrust young black men?  The answer is simple...

Click out this link and read this article:   YOUNG BLACK MEN MURDER 14 TIMES MORE THAN YOUNG WHITE MEN 

The article was not written by me but points out better than I can about how the black community thinks that policemen choose to unfairly "pick" on their young black men.

Michael Brown started the fight!  By his bad behavior, he precipitated  an action that caused him to lose his life and may destroy the life of the cop who shot him.  If Michael had been home reading a good book instead of being in the streets creating mischief, the cop would have been on a routine call, the video of Michael robbing the store would not exist, the riots would not be taking place, and everyone could concentrate on the mischief created by ISIS, which is far more important in the great scheme of things.

Blacks need to address the high rate of crime in their race rather than trying to shift the blame on others.  A problem cannot be corrected until the root of the cause has been determined and dealt with properly.   

A WAY TO STOP VIOLENCE IN FERGUSON, MO

There is an easy way to stop the violence in Ferguson, MO.  The protestors should take personal responsibility and GO HOME.

They say they are protesting the shooting death of Brown.  However, it is about much more than that; they are expressing their rage about the police, their economic status,  racism in our country, and other injustices of life.

Take the police problem:  Sure, there are some "bad" policemen, but most of them are good men who are simply doing their job at the risk of their own lives.  What would we do without them?   Martin Luther King was smart enough to know how to act in order to accomplish his goals.  Yelling and screaming and "taunting" the cops  is not a good way to solve a problem with the police.  

Take the problem with Brown:  Had he been walking on the sidewalk like he should have, he would have never got into a confrontation with a cop and avoided being shot.  If he had not robbed the convenience store, his video would not have come to the public's attention.

Take the problem with the peaceful protests:  Anybody with any common sense knows that you cannot get a crowd of angry people together and expect everyone to act appropriately.

Take the problem with the inappropriate protesters:  Even though they may be in the minority in the crowd, they cannot shoot guns, loot stores, etc. and expect the police to sit idly by while this happens. When there is a large crowd, it is difficult to pick out the "bad guys" from the "good guys."  To expect them to be able to do so is irrational.  In all of life, the bad guys make it hard on the good ones. 

What the blacks do not consciously realize is that they have become far more racist towards whites than whites are against blacks.

I am white and have suffered many injustices in life.  However, I have to take personal responsibility for my part in these injustices.  If I was black, I am sure I would blame a lot of them on my being black.

Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton are in it for themselves, because their ability to "stir up the blacks" has been a lucrative profession.


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RIOTS IN MISSOURI HARMING BLACKS

Martin Luther King would turn over in his grave at the behavior of the blacks who turn to violence when they are unhappy about some event that makes national news.

Many people might say that some of the blacks are only using the killing of the black teenager as an excuse to vent their pent-up anger; anger that probably has nothing to do with the killing of the teenager.

I watched a video once entitled, "Watch out!  You're Establishing Your Reputation."  It pointed out how we establish our own reputation by the use of our words and especially our actions.  The riots in Missouri make the people of the black race look like a bunch on uncivilized people.

However, most of us know that this is not so, that most blacks are just as civilized as whites, and more so than some "poor white trashy" people.  The blacks  who agree with the teachings of Martin Luther King should speak out in their neighborhoods against uncivilized behavior, because it creates a bad reputation for the blacks who are trying to live right.

Why don't these people get upset over the overwhelming black crime on blacks?  This is a serious problem in the black community.  This is a problem that must be solved by blacks.  The blacks need another Martin Luther King to lead them.

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson make a living, a lucrative living, stirring up trouble in the black communities.  They need to be kicked to the curb.