tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154063051734202672.post1570285724630253118..comments2009-06-29T08:08:17.507-04:00Comments on Education Visions for the 21st Century: Sometimes the Best Ideas Crash and BurnTomTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246291084437402061noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154063051734202672.post-53190217826740660902009-06-29T08:08:17.507-04:002009-06-29T08:08:17.507-04:00OUTSTANDING GLIMPSE INTO THE REALITY OF OUR INNER ...OUTSTANDING GLIMPSE INTO THE REALITY OF OUR INNER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE SUBCULTURE THAT MAKES IT A SUBCULTURE. <br /> NOT TO PLAY THE BLAME GAME HERE, BUT MICROSOFT WENT IN VERY SOFT, NOT WANTING TO "RUN THE DAY TO DAY" OF AN INNER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT,WITH IT'S OWN POLITICS, AND THIS AUTHOR IS NOT PINPOINTING PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY'RE JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE MANY EXISTING SUBCULTURES IN AMERICA. THAT IS REALITY. A GOOD FIRST ATTEMPT, THOUGH. MICROSOFT HAD TO KNOW A LITTLE,RIGHT?<br /> THE AUTHOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA CLEARLY ID'S FAILURE POINTS, SUCH AS LABOR UNIONS, SOCIAL STRIFE OR APATHY, WE CAN GO ON HERE BUT WOULD HURT SOME FEELINGS.<br /> THIS IS SORT OF A MICRO-COSM OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FUNDING (AKA taxes, yikes, hit a molar nerve...)IN NEW JERSEY, WHERE RESPONSIBLE, YES, THAT UGLY WORD, RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE'S COINS ARE REMOVED FROM THIER POCKETS AND STREWN ABOUT RECKLESSLY INTO THE IRRESPONSIBLE "RUST BELT" CITIES AND DISRICTS OR ABBOTT LAND AS 1 RADIO DJ ID'S...<br /> LEADING INTO THIS SUMMATION, ONE NEEDS TO START ENTIRELY FRESH FROM THE TOP-WITHOUT THE help OF EXISTING LABOR UNIONS, SUPERINTENDANTS, AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMITEES IN ORDER TO HAVE HALF A CHANCE OF BEING PRODUCTIVE. DOO DOO ROLLS DOWNHILL IN PHIILY, JUST LIKE IT DOES IN JERSEY, AND ELSEWHERE IN IRRESPONSIBLE DISTRICTS. CRASHES RIGHT INTO THE WALL. MICROSOFT HAD TO KNOW A LITTLE OF THIS, BUT AS SO OFTEN IS THE CASE.....WE WONT GO THERE.IT'S NOT MICROSOFTS JOB TO MICRO MANAGE A SCHOOL DISRICT.... <br /> AS THE DIXIE AUTHOR STATES FOR CHANGE TO BE POSITIVE, THE PRESSURE TO CHANGE MUST BE GREATER THAN THE PRESSURE TO REMAIN THE SAME.<br />GLENDO7 in new jersyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com