Why can schools give out condoms to prevent pregnancy but not Tylenol to prevent cramps?
Why must we leave the earth as if we never existed? And if we did, who would know?
If schools are failing to teach children the basics, why is more school always the answer?
If Rosetta Stone works and Your Baby Can Read Works, and all those "Subject matter for Dummies books" work, why aren't they used in schools?
If every child is different, why do we teach them all the same material and most of them the same way, at the same age?
Why does it cost $160,000 to earn a piece of paper that will only guarantee you a shot at around $40,000.00 unless you take on additional schooling?Why teach spelling if u cn wrt nd rd ths?
Why teach math if we don't believe in honest accounting, accurate statistical analysis and real numbers when it comes to weight, budgets, crowds, elections, projected costs and actual fiscal demands?
Why do people print and sell countless books on saving the environment rather than e-book the things and save trees?
Why do we teach children not to swear, cheat, fight or lie, hurt animals or engage in other inappropriate behavior, but have hours of television, scores of magazines, blogs and websites focused on celebrity lives that do all these things?
Why do we value free speech except when we disagree?
Why do we say play nice and how we hate negative campaigns but think our guy is justified?
Why do we think taxes will only affect the other guy?
Why are we convinced the other guy is always enjoying life too much?
Why are we convinced that we are never the other guy?
All to which I had only one answer. I texted, "You're the smart one. You're in outer space. I don't know."
2 comments:
I am sure if an alien was passing Australia he would ask me the same question.
My eldest son just finished year 12 and from his school there were 8 males and 43 females. Evidently there is something about our schooling system that boys are not going right up to year 12.
"Why teach math if we don't believe in honest accounting, accurate statistical analysis and real numbers when it comes to weight, budgets, crowds, elections, projected costs and actual fiscal demands?"
ummm, or age??
good questions....
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