WHO REALLY WON AND WHO LOST
The Republicans won the election but in actuality
students from pre-school to college age lost.
Since Jeb Bush, likely the next Republican candidate for
president decided he was Florida’s education Governor, every student in this
state has lost a chance to excel.
From the second grade on, our state school system has
failed to allow creativity or arts in our schools because teachers are expected
to teach to the test. Students memorize answers and promptly forget what they
supposedly learned.
Governor Scott actually bragged about giving the teachers
raises. What he didn’t say, was he required teachers to contribute a like
amount into their state retirement accounts, which they hadn’t been required to
do in previous years, and this meant their take home income became even less
after so many years of no raises. So his answer to the educators who spoke out
was to give them a raise. Guess how much! It’s the same amount that they’re
required to pay into their retirement fund, so their income is virtually the
same as it was before. He calls it a raise, brags about it and receives
applause from those parents, who are still being shortchanged in the education
of their children.
What’s amazing to me is that educators in Pasco County are
now trying to do away with much of this standardizing testing because so many
students are failing in our local schools.
We residents do have lots of bragging rights about our
colleges though, don’t we? We love to see a winning team on national
television. Unfortunately many of our football and basketball players can
barely read or write, but somehow make passing grades in college. (That’s the
norm for colleges all over the USA, not just in Florida)
Speaking of colleges, we now have a new president of
Florida State University that has no background in education, but a great
resume in politics. He now has an even bigger bank account.
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