| Can we have democracy and continued economic progress without respect for the truth, without respect for individuals, without respect for the law, without even a basic knowledge and understanding of why our government has worked so well? NO. We need to bring these things back to our schools, and take the politics out. I urge the voters of Chula Vista Elementary School District, where a mentality straight out of the 1600's has flourished for many years, to replace Board Members Judd, Smith and Cunningham with citizens who are not in anybody's pocket. Maura Larkins Former student (in the 1950's) and teacher at Castle Park Elementary School in Chula Vista Elementary School District |
| Can we limit what students learn, and continue to progress economically? Sure, for a while. But most countries realize that people who keep their noses to the grindstone, without ever looking up, are not likely to come up with brilliant new ideas. So the nations of the world send their best and brightest students to graduate schools in the United States, where students are taught to think creatively. |
| If Americans discovered that democracy was harming our economic progress, would we get rid of it? In a heartbeat. |
| We keep our government because it made us the richest, strongest nation in the world. Freedom of thought results in economic progress. |
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| We are teaching the world, but our kindergarten through twelfth- grade system is mired in inertia and failure. |
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