Ghost of a flea

The real battleground

If we are going to win this thing, we must first remember who we are. Our cultural amnesia is as much a product of accident as of design. The first problem is the Frankfurt School, of course; their attempt to oppose and undermine civilization is both the means and the end of a decades long march through the institutions. This much was intentional and has to a worrying extent succeeded in its aims.

But our second problem is down to a man who never intended to undermine the education of a generation, a man who's heart was in the right place. State wide school testing in Texas was meant to put everyone on the same footing but instead reduced everyone to the same level as teachers taught the test instead of teaching their subject. And, thanks to the predominance of Texas in textbook publishing, a continent followed those good intentions on the road to perdition.

It is the one thing George Bush is never blamed for but should be.

That said, here is some good news. As this good news is from Texas it is very good news for the rest of us as well.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 23, 2010 06:48 AM

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