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A Nation of Idiots: An In-Your-Face Look at the Underbelly of Public Education - Couverture souple

Thelen, Karl

 
9781403395092: A Nation of Idiots: An In-Your-Face Look at the Underbelly of Public Education
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1403395098 ISBN 13 : 9781403395092
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

A Nation of Idiots will be the first book to expose:the large numbers of unqualified teachers,legions of poor administrators,one issue school board members,hordes of ineffective parents, the global media giants, who invest heavily in keeping Americans numb and dumb in order to sell their products;the pharmaceutical companies and medical profession who drive up premiums so local districts can't afford quality health care to attract quality teachers;the tobacco and alcohol industries whose poisons create long-term health problems and, especially because of fetal alcohol syndrome, future special needs students, both of which are paid for with local taxes;what the author has come to call Feelgooders and their sordid attempts to spread Feelgoodenism;special education as a mandated, legal rip-off of the local taxpayers. State and Federal mandates should stop when the funding runs out.The author's thirty-three years in education lend a personal, in-your-face tone that makes the book hard to put down. His experience lends credence to what he has to say. And he isn't afraid to say it.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A Nation of Idiots will be the first book to expose:the large numbers of unqualified teachers,legions of poor administrators,one issue school board members,hordes of ineffective parents, the global media giants, who invest heavily in keeping Americans numb and dumb in order to sell their products;the pharmaceutical companies and medical profession who drive up premiums so local districts can't afford quality health care to attract quality teachers;the tobacco and alcohol industries whose poisons create long-term health problems and, especially because of fetal alcohol syndrome, future special needs students, both of which are paid for with local taxes;what the author has come to call Feelgooders and their sordid attempts to spread Feelgoodenism;special education as a mandated, legal rip-off of the local taxpayers. State and Federal mandates should stop when the funding runs out.The author's thirty-three years in education lend a personal, in-your-face tone that makes the book hard to put down. His experience lends credence to what he has to say. And he isn't afraid to say it.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author has taught high school English for the past thirty-three years. He has a masters degree in administration and supervision, spent seven years on a school board, and, along with his wife of thirty-four years, Mary, raised five kids. The author has taught public speaking for thirty-three years, layout and design as a yearbook advisor for twenty-two years and media literacy for the past eleven years. His insight into the manipulation by the media allows him to lay much of the blame where it belongs for A Nation of Idiots. The author, along with his wife, brother and sister-in-law have been raising emus for the past six years at their Meadowood Homestead Emu Ranch in Mineville, NY.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1403395098
ISBN 13 
9781403395092
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
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