The dumbing of two nations
February 27th 2007 07:26
People don't surprise me anymore in regard to their common sense (or lack of it) especially those who hold power in some way. To give two very good recent examples are in San Francisco schools have started to do away with homework so kids can go do more other important things with their time instead of putting something worthwhile into their brains. I must admit that I was never big on homework, but to take it away surely would do more harm than good. I would think that homework shows the teacher whether students have or haven't grasped the concept long after the class is done for the day and gives the teacher time to take remedial action with students having problems before exams when it's too late.
The other story is the Chancellor of the Exchequer and heir apparent to Tony Blair who now wants new citizens to do "volunteer" work (from what I saw it was doing basic yard work such as picking up trash and the like) to prove their "Britishness". What kind of madness is this? "Volunteer" seems to be a misnomer of sorts because if I'm being told to do it when I don't really want to it's not really voluntary is it? There's actually a word for being made to do work without pay. Humanity has been down that road before and where did it get us exactly? If I happened to be a multi millionare businessman say from China, Japan or Russia and I wish to become a British citizen does that mean I am now subject to being a volunteer? What if I were an extremely famous singer or actor who wished to become a citizen? Am I still made to "volunteer"? I would like to think that it's one rule for all and not just for some.
You hear that tapping? That is the sound of the nails being put into the coffin of good sense. You have been warned.
The other story is the Chancellor of the Exchequer and heir apparent to Tony Blair who now wants new citizens to do "volunteer" work (from what I saw it was doing basic yard work such as picking up trash and the like) to prove their "Britishness". What kind of madness is this? "Volunteer" seems to be a misnomer of sorts because if I'm being told to do it when I don't really want to it's not really voluntary is it? There's actually a word for being made to do work without pay. Humanity has been down that road before and where did it get us exactly? If I happened to be a multi millionare businessman say from China, Japan or Russia and I wish to become a British citizen does that mean I am now subject to being a volunteer? What if I were an extremely famous singer or actor who wished to become a citizen? Am I still made to "volunteer"? I would like to think that it's one rule for all and not just for some.
You hear that tapping? That is the sound of the nails being put into the coffin of good sense. You have been warned.
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