Right On The Right

What is an educator? Are American students really being taught how to adapt to the changing world, how to pursue their goals, and how to achieve success? Unfortunately, the answer to the first question is being changed, and the answer to the second is being ignored. I see it from the inside, others see it from the outside, and it's a problem not talked about. I'm not talking about students failing in public schools, I'm talking about public schools failing students.

Michelle Malkin, in the article linked above, used the term educrats. The educrats are a special breed, devoted to changing the face of education and transforming the current system into something more Orwellian. It's not every teacher. For all I know, it's a vast minority of teachers, but the truth remains that teachers are becoming the arbiters of a new religion. It's a spinoff of liberalism and socialism, includes buzz words like tolerance and understanding, and has a primary goal of empowering children to fail. Let's take an example from the Lego Socialism lesson that I blogged about before:

Before I delve into the idiocy that surrounded their decision to ban Legos, let's take a look at these kids. They're bartering, engaging in social dialogue, and learning. If anything, they're displaying a brilliant knowledge of capitalism, and how offering services to others can be beneficial. Cool pieces represent natural resources, the town represents society, etc. The kids are learning a lot.

I go on in my diatribe to describe how the teachers were ripping an educational experience from the children, and how they were stifling capitalistic creativity. When educrats can't even recognize when students are learning, we're in trouble. The educrats are destroying public education. To use Michelle's example, first they kill the honor roll, then they kill education.