tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928845073169300818.post8494327513611050455..comments2023-10-03T08:41:28.092-07:00Comments on Landon Anderson: The Lure of the MarketLandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05317608633112978891noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928845073169300818.post-28997309118769257682011-04-26T15:16:38.407-07:002011-04-26T15:16:38.407-07:00I am not saying it is black & white. My point ...I am not saying it is black & white. My point is that society is pushing education away from developing & molding young men and women towards a system of passing tests at all costs. My worry is that people do not see this happening and worry for our sake as a society. <br /><br />I am not the rat - I am choosing to still enter into this field and choosing to still fight for and stick by what I believe my true job in education is. However, I am fighting upstream against a mentality that has begun to damage the very foundations of my field. <br /><br />What else are you looking for me to say?Landonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317608633112978891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928845073169300818.post-66870736877662899532011-04-26T06:19:00.531-07:002011-04-26T06:19:00.531-07:00I personally know an oil guy, he was the top guy i...I personally know an oil guy, he was the top guy in fact at a major company and he cares deeply about his community. He has donated 90% of his lifetime salary... but that's a different topic.<br /><br />You are a better thinker than your last couple of articles. It isn't as simple as black and while.<br /><br />Yes, I do want well rounded, thoughtful, careful, intellectual teachers challenging my kids to learn, grow, explore and be excellent in academics. But, these days we have entrusted so mich more to you in our society that now has a wild proliferation of single parent homes and selfish parents. And yes, as you point out, during this same span we have come to focus more on test results and less on the human development... such is the shitty decaying world we live in. <br /><br />So my challenge to you, be you in teaching, ministry or working at starbucks... continue to make the world a better place because YOU care to, not because you are a rat who is going to be induced by a treat!Ryan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965414230132764227noreply@blogger.com