Re: Helping a teacher

[Glenn <glenn@PEEDEEWORLD.NET>]

The whole history of public schools is of
> corporate America sorting, tracking, and indoctrinating kids into being
> "good workers" to meet whatever their laborpower needs of the moment.  I'm
> all for students being prepared to get jobs (until we can really change
> society so that -work- isn't reduced to "jobs") but they also need to
> prepare to understand and help change society.  Meanwhile, I'm inclined to
> resist anything that smacks of increased corporate influence over the
> schools

Hey, the state school board chairman here in NC-- Phil Kirk-- is also the
chairman of the largest industry organization in the state.

Can't get more influential than that!

Teresa Glenn

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