Just read and pondered your Oct. 18 editorial : " Singing
the homework blues ". I have seen kids as young as 7 with happy,
affectionate dispositions - and bright enough for future "success " -
crushed by the drudgery of homework - mostly just busywork assigned
by teachers with the souls of bureaucrats with a PROGRAM , an
AGENDA , a collective GOAL .
In his biography the Russian revolutionary, Leon Trotsky
observed that there are not a few FREAKS in the teaching profession.
How many kids are the victims of destructive teachers
who deep down hate kids and hate their jobs , their only real
goal in life a comfortable retirement ?
No one should be a teacher who does not feel in
his or her heart that a child is precious !
I am very pro-union, but I must admit that teacher
unions are protecting too many ignorant and vile incompetents.
Einstein was right when he perceived that school is
often just a prison which kills the natural curiosity of kids
and prepares them to be " narrow , neurotic , and obsessive "
adults. A lot of everyday MEANNESS can be traced to our
school days.
I recommend Bertrand Russell's essay : " In
Praise of Idleness ".
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