tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post3586316540552720759..comments2024-03-28T00:27:14.676-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: And if you call this the idiocy that it is,Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-42431261407932278222017-07-14T19:28:13.105-07:002017-07-14T19:28:13.105-07:00This struck me as more than a little off kilter. ...This struck me as more than a little off kilter. I live in MI, and this Flint area school district is of course, being what could be considered politically stupid. Instead of trying to help every student achieve the highest possible outcome that they can, they instead are willing to sacrifice some to keep from having to change the way that they do things, for fear of losing state aid money for schools. <br /><br />I have often said that after I learned to read, the only reasons for me to go to school were to play sports and to learn to play music. I taught myself more from the reading I did on my own that I learned in any classroom setting, including post secondary education.pigpen51https://www.blogger.com/profile/01036907880805485560noreply@blogger.com