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Uplift · 05-31-2007, 06:09 AM

How about raising the bar. Demanding better standards. Plenty of people and participants aren't happy with the present education system and its outcomes.
Imagine running a business to the pitiful standards we accept in the education system. The students can be likened to the end product. The best, most admired, sought after companies constantly strive to improve products, and constantly raise their expectations and standards, all the while aiming and believing in total excellence. To produce only a handfull of top, fullfilled students, to accept that plenty fail, or come out the other end unhappy, unfullfilled and unsuccessful... to accept and tolerate violence, abuse, shootings, drugs and depression in schools? To merely try and explain it away? What feeble, sad standards we allow to nurture and shape our children. Why not study things considered beyond the physical senses, as well as the physical, as do plenty of other successful, happy cultures. Cultures who believe the non physical actually makes the physical possible. Instead we ridicule, dismiss and destroy them. Teach the power and joy of acceptance, difference and an open mind. A successful person or business isn't afraid to believe in and aim at excellence, nor are they afraid of truthfully, critically assessing the end product. One kid shot in school is not acceptable, nor is one depressed, unhappy kid. Not in my standards. No child should come out the end of their school life feeling anything but happy, awesome, excited, passionate and ready and able to fullfill their unique, special, purpose in life. The choice is, blame the kids, the products, or take charge, take responsibility for the system that fails them. Top companies don't blame the products, or the customers. They don't hide behind excuses. Our education system is well past its use by date. it's record has always been suspect. Different outcomes require different mind sets...standards and beliefs. Change that and the outcome naturally follows. Stand up to the politicians we place in power. Its time to aim higher, raise the bar, lift our game. Kids count, not just some of them, but all of them. They are the future. They are our reflection.

05-31-2007, 06:09 AM	#25 (permalink)
Uplift Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 734	Standards How about raising the bar. Demanding better standards. Plenty of people and participants aren't happy with the present education system and its outcomes. Imagine running a business to the pitiful standards we accept in the education system. The students can be likened to the end product. The best, most admired, sought after companies constantly strive to improve products, and constantly raise their expectations and standards, all the while aiming and believing in total excellence. To produce only a handfull of top, fullfilled students, to accept that plenty fail, or come out the other end unhappy, unfullfilled and unsuccessful... to accept and tolerate violence, abuse, shootings, drugs and depression in schools? To merely try and explain it away? What feeble, sad standards we allow to nurture and shape our children. Why not study things considered beyond the physical senses, as well as the physical, as do plenty of other successful, happy cultures. Cultures who believe the non physical actually makes the physical possible. Instead we ridicule, dismiss and destroy them. Teach the power and joy of acceptance, difference and an open mind. A successful person or business isn't afraid to believe in and aim at excellence, nor are they afraid of truthfully, critically assessing the end product. One kid shot in school is not acceptable, nor is one depressed, unhappy kid. Not in my standards. No child should come out the end of their school life feeling anything but happy, awesome, excited, passionate and ready and able to fullfill their unique, special, purpose in life. The choice is, blame the kids, the products, or take charge, take responsibility for the system that fails them. Top companies don't blame the products, or the customers. They don't hide behind excuses. Our education system is well past its use by date. it's record has always been suspect. Different outcomes require different mind sets...standards and beliefs. Change that and the outcome naturally follows. Stand up to the politicians we place in power. Its time to aim higher, raise the bar, lift our game. Kids count, not just some of them, but all of them. They are the future. They are our reflection.