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Over the past year, school leaders in Oxford, Mississippi—the small town an hour south of Memphis where I live—have been thinking hard about the future of work and education, and how to best prepare young people for an ever-changing marketplace. And world. They’re worried about such things because parents in our town are worried about such things....
Prominent progressive academics at the college in town, The University of Mississippi, have their own ideas about what the future of K-12 education should look like: they want to prepare students for a life of political activism and social change. They want to turn our local public schools into mini versions of themselves. Mini Ole Miss’s.
Many people believe public education should teach kids to be competent human beings. Part of that is to be flexible enough and have the knowledge to deal with whatever life hands you. That includes being a good citizens.
Jobs and careers change. DH has had 3 different careers in 3 different industries. My son has enjoyed 25 years doing a job he loves. But the nature of that industry is changing. Everybody doing that work is educating themselves for a different job or figuring out what to do for their next career.
Public schooling is not a work permit.
Don't get me started on the number of college degreed people in my orbit who do not even know how their local government is structured. I live in unincorporated Harris county with a Houston USPS designation. Most of my neighbors cannot understand why they can't vote for mayor of Houston. God forbid they should figure out where the water comes from.
Aren't most college students adults that have the free will to decide what their own education should be? If they want to learn political activism, that is is their choice to make. If they want a medical degree, that is their choice to make. I don't think the government should be regulating what we are allowed to learn, especially when college students pay insane amounts of money for said education.
That was one of the most poorly written and constructed "opinion" pieces I've read in quite awhile. The author needs to go back to school to learn how to write a coherent sentence and a logical argument.
As for its content, from what I could figure out, the author believes that teaching kids to think for themselves is bad. Encouraging kids to care about the world around them and about their fellow man is bad. Encouraging kids to find a wife or a husband and start a family is good. Teaching kids to be a carpenter is good.
Over the past year, school leaders in Oxford, Mississippi—the small town an hour south of Memphis where I live—have been thinking hard about the future of work and education, and how to best prepare young people for an ever-changing marketplace. And world. They’re worried about such things because parents in our town are worried about such things....
Prominent progressive academics at the college in town, The University of Mississippi, have their own ideas about what the future of K-12 education should look like: they want to prepare students for a life of political activism and social change. They want to turn our local public schools into mini versions of themselves. Mini Ole Miss’s.
Heaven forbid students would want to change the world We certainly wouldn't want to save the planet, increase minimum wage so people can support themselves and not live on the welfare monies conservatives endlessly condemn, or provide universal healthcare in one of the world's richest countries. That would make us appear, well, civilized or something.
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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81
That was one of the most poorly written and constructed "opinion" pieces I've read in quite awhile. The author needs to go back to school to learn how to write a coherent sentence and a logical argument.
Some people seem to be defending their indoctrination centers jealously. Jobless young people with full knowledge of their rights but little knowledge of anything else must be dependable voters for them.
Wow, that was a hot mess of a piece. The author doesn't seem to understand that it's much better to teach students to think for themselves and be adaptable, the better to be able to adapt to a rapidly changing world, than training them to merely be cogs in the wheel of industry.
I actually laughed out loud when she said, "Toolkit? Huh?"
She is not bright enough to tackle this subject matter. Perhaps she needs to go back to college.
She is not bright enough to tackle this subject matter. Perhaps she needs to go back to college.
I was thinking 7th or 8th grade.
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We certainly wouldn't want to save the planet, increase minimum wage so people can support themselves and not live on the welfare monies conservatives endlessly condemn, or provide universal healthcare in one of the world's richest countries. That would make us appear, well, civilized or something. 
