Re: Standards, schmandards

[kceh <kceh@AIRMAIL.NET>]

Ah, the plan. And fifteen years later we don't need as many mangoes, so
they get laid off as a result of restructuring. Thanks for the
translation and that great list of reasons that "standards" make me
uncomfortable.

Carol

Erwin Morton wrote:
>
> kceh wrote:
>
> > Standards in practice. State-imposed uniformity.
>
> Shut up, get in line, and march in step.
>
> (Refrain) You're in the army now....
>
> Actually, I thought one of the *strengths*
> of American education was its variety and
> diversity (by which, of course, I do *not*
> mean lack of opportunity in schools in
> less-affluent cities and neighborhoods).
>
> > Trying to grow mangoes in a climate better
> > suited for hollyhocks or redwood trees.
>
> But the *plan* calls for mangoes!
>
> > Will you translate the Latin, please?
>
> Sorry!  Mens sana in corpore sano
> = A sound mind in a sound body.
> (Juvenal, 1st or 2nd century AD;
> and no, I didn't *remember* who
> said it.  I went and looked it up.)
>
> That was the classical ideal, wasn't
> it? (not that I'm doing very well on
> either half of it).
>
> --Erwin
>
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