The News Sentinel has an article about the new Gibbs Elementary School today–citing it as a great thing for our community. Uh…okay.
Don’t get me wrong…I’m aware that the people in my community, state, and nation can benefit infinitely by being educated. I definitely see the social and economic benefits I can personally reap from living in an environment where everyone is educated. I’ll even go so far to commit my own resources towards the education of the masses.
And because I believe strongly in these things…
I don’t like being FORCED to contribute an education system wraught with inefficiencies.
I don’t like being FORCED to contribute to an education system that is already failing. (See the State published results of its own test–Cs aren’t good enough, especially when you are in control of the test).
I don’t like being FORCED to contribute to an education system that does not allow parents to choose for their children which school/curriculum is best for their child.
I don’t like being FORCED to contribute to a system that is being held hostage by unions.
I don’t like being FORCED to contribute to a system that caters to the meaty part of the bell curve, pushing those who are either gifted or challenged to the middle.
It’s a nice story that fourth graders think their new school is cool, but all the new gyms and big cafeterias in the world do not fix the problems I’ve enumerated.
