If I were King.....

[majordinkydau]

This is a quote I found today that seems to fit.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's
life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the
results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of
other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most
important, have the courage to follow your heart and
intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to
become. Everything else is secondary."

-- Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs speech to Stanford Graduating Class
June 2005

How about we try to teach people to think for themselves?
Teach a child how to read and understand mathematics and you arm them to rise to greatness. I've seen people with Phd's that could not think their way out of a paper bag. On the other hand I've seen people with Downs syndrom in possesion of great wisdom.
It is not IQ that is important, its I'm willing that counts.

[bartock]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

even though the school systems may be messed up here and there, i don't see how else they would work? the kids go to school, they are given the choice to learn, so they can do their assignments and tests and progress on. as much as i couldn't stand public school, i guess that's just the way it goes.

do we have to settle for mediocrity?

[orbsycli]

no. we don't. that is why i dropped out of public high school and am never ever going to go back.