Education

Democracy Project: has a piece on education. The following quote is from the University of Georgia school of education: "Through our programs and courses the Department of Language Education is engaged in a process of continual reflection and evaluation to work toward an equitable democratic society."

In other words, the educators aren't interested in teaching "education" but in some 70's social conscious-raising on topics of interest. Language courses should teach the language, not some political message. Also "We recognize the University of Georgia’s contributions to the nation’s
intellectual, cultural, linguistic, and environmental heritage. We share the College of Education’s stated mission to (1) recognize, respect, and affirm differences among peoples; and (2) challenge oppression and structural and procedural inequities that exist in society, generally, and in local educational settings, specifically. These inequities arise from social,historical, economic, and political structures that influence and are influenced by culture, race, religion, language, ethnicity, age, gender, educational and socioeconomic status, disability status, sexual orientation, world-view, and community. Through our programs and courses the Department of Language Education is engaged in a process of continual reflection and evaluation to work toward an equitable democratic society."

What the heck does this have to do with language education. Gosh, having my world view on sexual orientation fixed in German class doesn't seem quite so important as learning German.

And we wonder why Johnny can't read, it's because the teachers haven't been taught to teach and really aren't interested in it anyway.