14 Replies to “How to fix public schools”

1. Ernst Schreiber says:

   October 17, 2011 at 11:27 am

   Was to what? Define the Problem Away? Waivers for NCLB?

2. McGehee says:

   October 17, 2011 at 11:46 am

   Was to silence anybody who knows the answer before he says it out loud.

3. mojo says:

   October 17, 2011 at 11:49 am

   “Mmmmmph! Gmmmmph!”

4. Ernst Schreiber says:

   October 17, 2011 at 11:49 am

   Actually, I think everybody knows how to fix public schools, it’s just that nobody’s got the guts to carry through.

5. charlesaustin says:

   October 17, 2011 at 11:57 am

   First, we dig up Rousseau’s corpse and hang it for effect…

6. sdferr says:

   October 17, 2011 at 12:00 pm

   heh. I’ve got a copy of Emile on the shelf. Shall we have a ritual book burning?

7. charlesaustin says:

   October 17, 2011 at 12:12 pm

   Nah, just another symbol for the symbol-minded.

8. LBascom says:

   October 17, 2011 at 12:23 pm

   …do away with public schools?

9. sdferr says:

   October 17, 2011 at 12:26 pm

   Well heck, we could chant “Thus does Rousseau treat his own children!” if we’re concerned with injecting symbolism.

10. Kevin says:

    October 17, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Hmm. So my plan of simply rounding the kids up and throwing them in jail until they can do basic partial differentiation is off the table?

11. Squid says:

    October 17, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    …throwing them in jail until they can do basic partial differentiation…

    Well, you do run up against the “cruel and unusual” clause…

12. McGehee says:

    October 17, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Do it for long enough and the “unusual” part goes away.

13. Swen says:

    October 17, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    Well, you do run up against the “cruel and unusual” clause…

    I believe the Supremes have deemed jail, with certain amenities, is not cruel and unusual. The jury’s still out on calculus however.

14. dicentra says:

    October 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    …nuke it all from orbit, just to be sure?

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