re: #338 LudwigVanQuixote

Ohh I know I have hit several raw nerves. No American likes to be told flat out that their sacred opinions might not matter - or that G-d forbid, because they really are ignorant, they do not even have a right to an opinion on certain topics.

People are getting defensive though. If they want to disagree with me, they ought to do so for what I am writing and not the raw nerve I hit.

Of course they have a right to an opinion. On any subject. Now, that opinion may not hold much sway, but everyone has the right to one.

Some people will never have an aptitude for math, LVQ. That is a fact. Just as some couldn’t draw a decent picture if there life depended on it. We are diverse; that is our greatness, not our weakness.

That said, I would love to see our education system overhauled. We need to stop teaching to “the test,”; stop dumbing it down and expect more from out students. We need to pay teachers what they are worth. We need to spread what works in education and get rid of the things that dont work. We need more math and science teachers. If we dont do something, our children will not be able to keep up with the rest of the world. Especially countries that value education a lot more than we do.