From: Replicant00@aol.com
Date: Fri Oct 15 1999 - 22:27:42 MDT
In a message dated 10/15/1999 1:39:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
asa@nada.kth.se writes:
<< "Ok, your grades from the government board are good, but they
tend to be too lax on the critical thinking section. We would like you
to have grades from one of these boards, which emphasizes more
relevant abilities."). Of course, the Kansas Board of Creationist
Science might exist, but that is no real problem since it will not be
a very credible board - what really makes this system interesting is
if the boards can be reviewed and rated well. >>
This would be a good opportunity for a new field: education experts. One of
the problems with democracy - though it is fair, it often is easily swayed by
advertising, religious beliefs or just plain mob-mentality (ignorance). Look
at what can't be taught in the school: sex education, or many other subject
matter. Don;t even get me started on the voters: the issues of same sex
marriages, voted down again and again and more --such as euthanasia and
legalization of drugs. Seems common sense to me, but the mainstream isn't too
hot on them. Why?
Usually religion...
Anyway...
An outside source of rating our school standards would be very nice ... but
is it plausible? Would schools stick to it? They barely stick to the
low-standard government ones (I know you're in Europe I mean here in USA).
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