Bill Maher on the Central Falls Massacre

[Hannah Bell]

. . . . Yes, America has found its new boogeyman to blame for our crumbling educational system. It's just too easy to blame the teachers, what with their cushy teachers' lounges, their fat-cat salaries, and their absolute authority in deciding who gets a hall pass. We all remember high school - canning the entire faculty is a nationwide revenge fantasy. Take that, Mrs. Crabtree! And guess what? We're chewing gum and no, we didn't bring enough for everybody.

But isn't it convenient that once again it turns out that the problem isn't us, and the fix is something that doesn't require us to change our behavior or spend any money. It's so simple: Fire the bad teachers, hire good ones from some undisclosed location, and hey, while we're at it let's cut taxes more. It's the kind of comprehensive educational solution that could only come from a completely ignorant people.

Firing all the teachers may feel good - we're Americans, kicking people when they're down is what we do - but it's not really their fault. Now, undeniably, there are some bad teachers out there. They don't know the material, they don't make things interesting, they have sex with the same kid every day instead of spreading the love around... But every school has crappy teachers. Yale has crappy teachers - they must, they gave us George Bush...

When there are no books in the house, and there are no parents in the house, you know who raises the kids? That's right, the television. Kids aren't keeping up with their studies; they're keeping up with the Kardashians. We're allowing the television, as babysitter, to turn us into a nation of slutty idiots...

http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2010/03/bill-maher-on-central-falls-massacre.html

[upi402]

1. No, it's not the teachers

This country is upside-down dysfunctional. I wish we could reboot, reset - to some time before Reagan. That's when we began to worship at the altar of free trade, no taxes, and government so small you can drown it in the bathtub. It's almost similar to Pol Pot's Cambodia. If you wear glasses you must be a damn intellectual, you threaten the state, and must be eliminated.

rec

[Grand Taurean]

3. Reagan destroyed this country.

[upi402]

5. When Reagan died the media deified him

Tell ya what ya need to know about propaganda here.

[stray cat]

2. IF 90% of kids can't do math in a school then 90% of parents should lose their children

and the school should be closed because the community is impossible to reach with education

[Starry Messenger]

4. k & r

Sometimes Bill Maher just nails things. This is one of those times.