I have no voice and I must scream

[unixronin]

And so will you, after you read this.  ilcylic was right about it.  You want to know why Johnny can't read or write?  Just look at what's happening in our schools.  Then wonder no more.

There's a random post-modern essay generator here.  It generates fully "essay-compliant" output that would in all likelihood be scored highly by automated grading systems like Intellimetric, because they can only look at the structure and grammar of the essay, but can't actually understand the meaning of the text enough to recognize that there ISN'Tany -- that, in fact, it's total random gibberish.

Johnny can't read, write or do math, because Johnny's school administration, Johnny's school board, and Johnny's state board of education can't be bothered to think, if they even know how.

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[radarrider.livejournal.com]

Yet another argument against the state-run, one-size-fits-all education system. Instead of *teaching* kids, it seeks to stamp them out to a single standard, which gets increasingly lower and lower as time goes on to ensure that every students meets it.

Yes, that's a simplification but I think the gist is correct. And I thought it sounded cool. :)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yup. That's exactly what's going on. When improving performance fails, lower the standard. :p