Honesty About the Issues

Today in class one of the most obvious things from our readings was that we as a nation are being lied to about education. Spelling's has/had nothing but good things to say about NCLB and the current state of affairs within the education system. Her trumpeting of handpicked statistics is eerily reminescent of 1984's Ministry of Truth. This seems to be a pattern within the current administration, repeat a talking point over and over until Fox News viewers think we've found WMDs in Iraq. But I digress, our education system is not performing on par with other modern countries despite the fact that 9 year olds may have performed better on an arbitrary, and most likely poor assessment tool, test. I think this election season needs to focus on the truth of the matter. America, like alcoholics, needs to admit there is a problem in order for said problem to begin to be fixed. Regardless as to what you may feel is the best way to fix the current crisis, one thing is for sure. We can't overcome what we don't admit exists.