Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Kansas wants schooling to be 2 R's not 3.

Yesterday, it was announced that the State of Kansas would look into getting rid of cursive writing in school. The reason given was that since kids get on computers at such an early age, learning the art of writing was no  longer a necessary skill. Now, does anyone really believe that? Could there be another reason? It couldn't be  that with Kansas, being a very conservative state, sees this as way to help balance the budget by eliminating some teachers' spots, could it? And this would have the added advantage of taking union membership away from the Teachers Union, thereby weakening the Democrats ability to raise money in the state, right? So for the Kansas Tea Party, this is a win/win situation, right? But what company wants to set up business in a state that believes learning to write is no longer needed? How low would the state taxes for company have to go before the education of the people no longer matter to a company?
So, the State of Kansas is looking into eliminating writing from school. No one should be surprised, I guess. After all, if the state, controlled by the Tea Party, doesn't believe in science, what's writing? Just another bothersome thing that the government is making us do, I guess.          

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