I’ve thought more and more about the state of education in this country (no pun intended) lately as my children creep toward school age.  And my thoughts often migrate to a particular event several years ago.  My wife and I were on a house-hunting trip in North Georgia as we were offered jobs in the northern Atlanta suburbs.  While we were at a restaurant having breakfast one morning we were sitting beside a father with his two teen-age sons.  Not that we were eavesdropping (we were) but here is how the conversation went down:

Son #1:  I can make a lot of money driving a truck.

Son #2:  How much?

Father:  grunt

Son #1: I can make 100 bucks a day, and if I work 10 days that will be…. (counting on fingers, 1, 2, 3, …) I dunno, a lot of money!

Father:  grunt

Me to my wife:  Our kids will go to the same school as those idiots

My wife:  Shit

Share This

A Connecticut substitute teacher was fired for airing The Simpson’s Movie to his classes.  The catch is, his classes were 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.  I’m all for free speech, but this was a dumb-ass move.  I’m opposed to the movie ratings system philosophically, but practically as a parent, I can see me using it as a quick gauge for whether the material is appropriate for my kids.  The Simpson’s Movie is rated PG-13 and I can’t see one thing educational, apart from an animation or film course (which wouldn’t be in the curriculum of elementary schools), that would necessitate airing this to 3rd graders.  A local news station in Boston had the story:

School officials said they had warned 30-year-old Aquil Abdul-Salaam that the PG-13 rated film isn’t appropriate for children.

Officials said Abdul-Salaam admitted showing the movie to students at Beecher School between mid-September and Oct. 4. Beecher School is for children in grades kindergarten through seventh grade.

Sadcox has been commenting on the sad state of our public education for some time, and unfortunately this is just another sad example of how low our education standards are in this country.  Thank you Mr. Connecticut fucktard for perpetuating our poor education standards.

Share This