Re: Revolution or Paralysis?

[James Powell <powell@NS.NET>]

Nathan,

Take a deep breath.  There is a large difference between bringing about the
change you want and pissing in the wind.  I admire your enthusiasm and
intellect, but you will have to do some refining of your thinking if you are
going to get anything but frustration( I did detect some o that didn't I?).
Also, I believe many of the writers on this list are in general agreement with
much of what you are saying. Don't bite your friends.

Jim powell
powell@ns.net

> Dear ARN,
>         This dialouge is serving as a test of my patience and
> expressiveness, and I'll tell you why. I am experiencing the injustice of
> the system first hand, as are my peers in both Public and Private schools.
> I am determined to represent my people, the common students. To do this,
> I have to take the raw emotions we have towards the injustice we
> experience and translate them into sound intellectual arguments that will
> resonate with all of you. I have yet to acomplish this.  Monty Neill
> keeps reminding us to discuss how we can make change, but the fact is
> that we are quite far from having th same feelings. I have stated before
> that what is in the best intrest of the students is to question
> everything the system relies on, and arge against poltical and media
> rhedoric about education in the contectof  the standardized testing,
> demanding drastic reform and an end to the Testing  Explosion. OUR LIVES
> ARE ON THE LINE! WE HAVE GOT TO STAND UP AND SAY NO! Somebody  talked
> about the rate of correslation between SAT scores and college success.
> That is irrelevant. The whole concept is spiritual and intellectual, and
> the effects on society are even worse.If you want change, start talking
> about how we can put together enough energy to shut 'em down instead of
> talking about irrelevant statistics concocked by those who reap the
> benifits of the status quo. The SAT, PSAT and ACT are an attempt to
> control the way we think and it's mental slavery!
>                                         Nathan
>
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