Comments on: Teacher ed: Dump the American dream

By: Indoctrination and Dispositions at The Core Knowledge Blog

Indoctrination and Dispositions at The Core Knowledge Blog — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:20:31 +0000

[...] (via Joanne Jacobs) [...]

By: Teacher Education Fail « No Cynics Allowed

Teacher Education Fail « No Cynics Allowed — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:20:07 +0000

[...] there should be taught to “repudiate the American Dream”. Good plan. Joanne Jacobs notes: I envision prospective teachers who think students of all colors, creeds, classes and sexual [...]

By: Lightly Seasoned

Lightly Seasoned — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:31:05 +0000

Um, I think you are both a little rusty on your Dreiser.

By: Robert Wright

Robert Wright — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:18:00 +0000

Rex, you are right.

His wanting to get ahead was the dream.

By: Rex

Rex — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:24:32 +0000

I thought that was “An American Tragedy.” An unwed pregnant female was a drag on a guy who just wanted to get ahead.

By: Robert Wright

Robert Wright — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:10:07 +0000

Isn’t the American Dream where this guy pushes his girlfriend off their boat so she drowns?

I myself prefer that dream over Pol Pot’s.

The Khmer Rouge in the Twin Cities. Imagine that.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:02:14 +0000

And this action by an ed school surprises anyone because…….Bueller? Bueller? Ed schools are the intellectual dregs of any university. They should be abandoned and their monopoly on licensing teachers should cease. In any case, a teacher needs a license like a fish needs a bicycle.

In many cases, ed schools don’t have to reject candidates with views that differ from the intellectually weak, radical professors in these departments. The candidates self-select by majoring in subjects that are unrelated to education or leave the department after they have taken a course or two and realize that most of what they hear in these silly courses is nonsense.

And, yes, I’d trust FIRE with my life. As Swede indicated, this organization is the only one that has the gumption to stand up to the destructive political correctness that inhabits our colleges and universities.

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:39:45 +0000

I've been writing about this topic for years now. I compare it to Jason or Michael Meyers--it just won't die.

By: Swede

Swede — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:52:34 +0000

FIRE is one of the best organizations in education. They act as perhaps the only check on the unbounded egregiousness of colleges.

By: BadaBing

BadaBing — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:48:55 +0000

See FIRE's letter to the president of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities here.