I have not written a blog because on Wednesday, March 2nd I drove to Baton Rouge for the 3 day Louisiana State School Board Conference and then last night I had a School Board meeting. All that puts me in such a funk that I can't dare sit and blog. Lord knows what I would write. But I want to get past that so I will just write something. I taught creative writing for 5 years to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders. When they didn't know what to write, I told them to just start writing--one word or thought at a time. You can always throw the paper away or in this case hit the delete button.
Anyone who wants a better understanding of how education works or how success happens should read Malcolm Gladwell's book The Outliers. His more famous book is The Tipping Point, though I don't think it is nearly as good. The Outliers is about how some have achieved outstanding success and what the elements were that contributed to that success. The very last chapter in the book explained our education system exactly. A lady in my neighborhood recommended this book to me and said it could totally change education. So I couldn't wait to read it. It is great. When I talked about it at the Board Meeting and even got a book for the other Board Members so they could read it, not one of the other 11 read the book. They don't read very much and not that type of book.
So many people today are busy trying to "fix" our education system and they are either ignorant or self-serving. Our Governor and State Superintendent's objective is to privatize our public education system by selling it to business cronies.
Oh well enough of this. I don't think blogging this is exorcizing these school board demons from me. I need something fun-- the sooner the better. Tonight is Survivor night on TV and Bridget and her family come over to watch it and we order pizza. Survivor is very much like School Board, but since it is not affecting the lives of children I find it amusing. School Board Survivor is not amusing.
Our vision 2020 board meeting.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13184634
