To re-cap an article that appeared on 5/28/09; two El Monte Elementary School teachers, taking advantage of the “drama and emotional stress” being experienced by 10 and 11 year old girl students,” created lunch time counseling sessions in which they are teaching forty or more students non-judgmental decision making processes.
One student is quoted as declaring that: “we can come to her and she helps us solve everything...she’s like a mom.”
Wrong, she’s not a mom, she’s a change agent. Using the closed environment of a school day educators as change agents are trained to use whatever opportunities present themselves to begin instilling new behaviors, norms and moral codes in the targeted subjects.
In the article the teacher even admits this when she says: “she compliments the girls for their insights (build up their egos and the sense of autonomy), prompting members to
come up with their own solutions.” This is a values neutral methodology so reminiscent of the I’m Okay, you’re Okay mantra of the 60’s. Parents ought not to allow this to continue.
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The purpose and focus of public education has little to do with academic education. In fact several well-known educators have stated that it is a waste of time and money to spend time on academics when preparing children for future jobs can be so much more productive.
To obtain insights into the government mandate of school-to-work read the testimony of former US Labor Secretary, Elaine Chao: http"//edwatch.org/updates/030316.htm.
To understand the citizen's concern about the re-focusing of the purpose of education visit http://www.edaction.org/2002/02Sept26a.htm
Labels: School-To-Work
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