February 3, 2009
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1 It's one of the great ironies of life that schoolteachers off the record will probably confess that trying to educate everybody in America is like trying to stop a tsunami with a thimble.
2 Pretty lousy analogy. All apologies.
3 It's just there.
4 Sometimes we are asked to jump through hoops to try to make it better.
5 Say hello to training sessions.
6 Honestly.
7 They could send a billion kajillion dollars at education, and you wouldn't see a dent.
8 The sharp kids will always be the sharp kids and know how to get into the professions.
9 The duller kids will probably make it to grabbing mainstream jobs, and will feel good with that, and produce hundreds of thousands of more dull kids.
10 Teachers will always spark ideas and amazing things in the minds of sharp kids.
11 They will try the same techniques with the duller kids and get pot ash.
12 Billions more will be spent to make that right.
13 Even without the billion-kajillion dollars, some of the duller kids will light up and amaze the stars with their brilliance.
14 They're the ones who know where they are and want to fight to the finish, and conquer the world.
15 They're the King Arthur's, pulling the sword sweetly out of the stone, stumbling backwards, and hearing the angels sing.
16 Thank God for them.
17 Thank God, indeed.
18 They turn the thimble into a glittering cup, and that cup eventually turns into a Holy Grail.
19 And right when a teacher starts to sigh and wonder the reason, "Why?" a young Arthur asks where the gymnasium is.
20 And that, I well imagine, is one of the main reasons we stay in this foolish profession.
21 I hope that lands.
22 Thanks for being awesome.
23 Peace.
~H~
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