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Lancaster, TX schoolkids can’t remember anything they’ve learned for more than three weeks — according to the school system’s superintendent. Teachers are apparently starting to use purple pens to correct papers because red is too ‘harsh’. I wonder whether it occurs to them that is purple is used to point out students’ mistakes, it too will be seen as harsh. Public-school officials on top of things as usual Is the U.S. education system really that bad? Is it possible that its apparent dysfunction actually serves a purpose? Showing something close to respect for violent people perpetuates the problem; portray them as pathetic clowns and the problem will abate. 'Minority' students in Montgomery County, Maryland score lower than 'white' students, and the answer, of course, is more 'diversity'. Real-estate market distortions result in a suburban county having essentially no housing that the county's employees can afford the live in. The solution? Why, more distortion, of course! It's said that kids can't write, but it looks like the reality is that they can't even think. |