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<blockquote data-quote="C_Hallbert" data-source="post: 3093781" data-attributes="member: 42957"><p>Our entire society has lost its perspective on the purpose of education. This distorted view has infiltrated the Academic System itself. </p><p></p><p>Somewhere since the mid 1960s people began to believe that High School and College Diplomas were the object of education. This transcended into the beliefs that once these objectives were obtained, those who had them deserved good jobs and positions of leadership. </p><p></p><p>A corollary to this was the idea that providing students graduating from Impoverished, High Population, Urban Environments as well as hordes of other young people from various troubled environments form all over our Country the ability to obtain Diplomas, it would help them to move up with useful employment and future success. </p><p></p><p>‘No Child Left Behind’ formalized this concept into Law. </p><p></p><p>Educators have been conflicted for years over what the education process should provide. The historical intent was to bring forth (educe) from students the intellectual ability to reason and to provide sound rationale for reasoning based on reliable knowledge and principles. The only method that can determine effective progress and results of this process is TESTING. </p><p></p><p>Critics of Testing argue that there is much more to education than Testing can determine: communication, socialization, participation, discipline, and following directions etc. NO! Those are conditions required for an Academic Atmosphere. </p><p></p><p>“My child doesn’t do well on tests, but he is a genius!” “Sorry Mam, your child is a borderline idiot that would fall in the lower tenth percentile if tested against a troop of monkeys.” </p><p></p><p>Homework, class participation, attendance, and all the other rationales for giving credit for other than retained knowledge and the ability to reason is useless and a major cause for our failing Academic Programs. </p><p></p><p>Note, our Military and our Federal Civil Service System do not accept Diplomas as evidence that applicants are qualified, THEY TEST! </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C_Hallbert, post: 3093781, member: 42957"] Our entire society has lost its perspective on the purpose of education. This distorted view has infiltrated the Academic System itself. Somewhere since the mid 1960s people began to believe that High School and College Diplomas were the object of education. This transcended into the beliefs that once these objectives were obtained, those who had them deserved good jobs and positions of leadership. A corollary to this was the idea that providing students graduating from Impoverished, High Population, Urban Environments as well as hordes of other young people from various troubled environments form all over our Country the ability to obtain Diplomas, it would help them to move up with useful employment and future success. ‘No Child Left Behind’ formalized this concept into Law. Educators have been conflicted for years over what the education process should provide. The historical intent was to bring forth (educe) from students the intellectual ability to reason and to provide sound rationale for reasoning based on reliable knowledge and principles. The only method that can determine effective progress and results of this process is TESTING. Critics of Testing argue that there is much more to education than Testing can determine: communication, socialization, participation, discipline, and following directions etc. NO! Those are conditions required for an Academic Atmosphere. “My child doesn’t do well on tests, but he is a genius!” “Sorry Mam, your child is a borderline idiot that would fall in the lower tenth percentile if tested against a troop of monkeys.” Homework, class participation, attendance, and all the other rationales for giving credit for other than retained knowledge and the ability to reason is useless and a major cause for our failing Academic Programs. Note, our Military and our Federal Civil Service System do not accept Diplomas as evidence that applicants are qualified, THEY TEST! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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