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irstupid on 07 February 2017
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Hiku said:
irstupid said:

I have no idea who this lady is or what she stands for, but how about we let her do something before we cry about the sky falling. I've been hearing for years how our school system is going to shit. Thus doesn't that mean that our prior Education Secretarys have been shit?

In the video I attached (edited in afterwards) Al Franken summarizes a lot facts about Mrs DeVos and why she is a danger to the American education system, if you want to familiarize yourself with her.
The prior Education Secratary (and probably all of them) had a background that prepared them for the job.If a pilot crashes a plane, that is not an argument for putting a toddler in the cockpit, and saying "let's see how it goes before we raise objections."
Franken described her congressional interview as "one of the most embarassing performances by a nominee in the history of the united states senate."

Really? Have me watch a video by Al Franken for info on a republican person? Ha, that has got to be the worst source in the world.

Insidb said:
irstupid said:

I always love when people complain like this.

"OMG school has been getting shittier and shittier and are ranking and grades have been dropping steadily for years compared to world wide. How dare they put someone new into power that isn't going to do the same thing we have been doing"

I have no idea who this lady is or what she stands for, but how about we let her do something before we cry about the sky falling. I've been hearing for years how our school system is going to shit. Thus doesn't that mean that our prior Education Secretarys have been shit?

 

edit: also arts programs get cut for lack of funding, not because of some agenda. If you care so much for them, make a donation to the school of your choosing and stipulate it be used for the arts. My colleges call me all the time for donations. High Schools don't, but I guarantee they are not against donations.

Thank you for invalidating this and future posts by openly admitting that you will take a stand without any knowledge on the topic at hand.

Can you please tell me about the previous Secretary of Education without looking up anything about him/her.

I bet you can't. I bet all of your current knowledge on this new one is purely from the MSM who is making it their top priority to put her in the worst possible light possible. 

A quick wikipedia search and only reading the first paragraph I find this.   DeVos has been an advocate of the Detroit charter school system and she is a member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. She has served as chairwoman of the board of Alliance for School Choice and Acton Institute and heads the All Children Matter PAC.

So clearly that no experience thing was a lie. She has experience in school related things. But I guess not everyone can be as experience or qualified as Hillary Clinton. You know what I say about experience and qualification? I say grow up and have a real job. Heck maybe even be in charge of hiring people at some point. You will find out very quickly that what is on a resume or how someone interview goes does not mean jack shit. Heck don't even be in charge of interviews. Just look around at yoru work. Unless your job is some huge turnaround job or low skilled, no employer hires someone they don't think is qualified or will be good. Yet how many morons and incompentent people, or lazy or ect are there at work. Do you ever wonder how the F they got hired? They were clearly QUALIFIED and possilby had EXPERIENCE.

But you will never know until they start working.