A big subject that has been raised is the matter of social tendencies within our society, how they effect education and it's outcomes and how can in such a large country with so many different cultures ever grapple with the "error variance"? A core social tendency, I feel, was also touched upon in our discussion, which is the desire for power, the fact that some will be pigeons, and some will be...old ladies who the birds flock to and follow... The question was raised whether this is wrong? What's wrong with having pigeons?
Another point was that from the evolutionary stand point the human race as a whole is not ready to have an entire society of, old ladies with bird seed. This is a scary idea however if one looks at another evolutionary argument that has been used. Some have argued that members of certain racial backgrounds are biologically more or less intellectually advanced and therefore only end up in their place in society because that is all they are capable of. Now I'm sure that all of the readers of this blog will have to agree that this argument is preposterous, look at any number of the great achievers who are members of any racial group and that theory can be disproved, but only if we look at it on an individual basis.
Can we disprove that humans are not capable of being without the selfish tendencies to want to rise above others for power and control? Do some members of society want to keep pigeons where they are because without them there would be no control? If we look at some individuals who have displayed their ability to rise above this need for power can the same argument be used? If so, humans are capable of a society which strives for a system of education that creates individual achievement. NCLB just isn't it...
-Courtney Hartman
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