[Mind's Eye] Re: are we as a global society moving forward or backward?

now MAYBE im a LITTLE CRAZY but it seams to
me that the direction we are hedding ( like a stream whose path is
directed by the mountain as it erodes the mountain , until its path
is eched out , and not easily broken away from ) is in the wrong
direction , ... why ?........ the answer is as vast as the expance of
the void of that which is unknown <------ see anyone can sound
politician like -------

Ash wrote:
> Not at all pessimistic Malcolm, I keep hearing depressing news about my old
> highschool. Teachers overworked, theyve changed it from an alternative to an
> urban school with higher student ratios. They teach using computers a lot
> and the kids mostly slack off visiting facebook and youtube, there is a lot
> less one-on-one contact and interaction based learning. To top it off all
> this is because of no child left behind crap and teachers are so overworked
> they are doing their best just to teach to the test and pass them along.
> Someone will have to deal with it eventually while kids keep getting by on
> as little as possible fundamental skills and perpetual remedial panaceas.
> Not pessimist at all! They are destroying public education, and all the
> teachers know it. :(