Sigh, I live in the Texas Hill Country, and this SBOE debacle is infuriating. Just off the top of my head, I wonder why we decided it would be a good idea to have people elected to these positions - especially after reading the current list of members. If I were running the SBOE, I’d work as hard as I could to establish expert panels to review, set, update, and verify standards. How?

Hmm….

I guess I’d start by putting together a four or five person panel of freakin’ HISTORIANS to handle the history standards.

And, ummmm….

Oh yeah, how about a four or five person panel of MATHEMATICIANS to handle the math standards?

And, ummm….

Maybe a four or five person panel of CHEMISTS, BIOLOGISTS, PHYSICISTS, etc. to handle the science standards.

And….let me see….

Ah! A four or five person panel of ENGLISH, EUROPEAN, ASIAN, AFRICAN and SOUTH AMERICAN literature professors to handle the English and Literature standards.

And, oh yeah -

A panel of four or five ECONOMICS and BUSINESS experts to handle the economics standards.

And, finally…

The DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADERS to handle the physical fitness standards.

(Okay, maybe not the last one.)

But that’s just me.