Is Education A Business <br /> <br />Is education a business <br />Or should it even be? <br /> <br />This is a question, which has always bothered me! <br />What is the purpose of educating students? <br /> <br />Should we pay more to teachers <br />Or could we do something even more prudent? <br /> <br />If you listen to some administrators the problem is money <br />When asked they will say, ' There simply is not enough to have any! ' <br /> <br /> <br />If this were truly the problem the cure could be <br />Raise our already high taxes to what they really should be. <br /> <br />However, money may not be solely the answer <br />The question moreover they said coldly may actually be, <br />' We simply aren't teaching the students enough, <br />They are not passing the tests! ' <br /> <br />To which the brilliant educational bureaucrat sadly laments.' We need more money to teach to the Test! ' <br /> <br />Remember John Dewey, the man who organized the library, he also lend theories to straighten up our schools. <br /> <br />His applied theories were successful, <br />His students succeeded, <br />But was it his message that we heeded? <br /> <br />Dewey taught us that if we taught for learning, <br />We wouldn't look back, <br />Instead we would look forward, <br />And every press on, everyone succeeded all over the town. <br /> <br />You see this is learning, just plain and simple! <br /> <br />Lower the taxes, <br />Lower the tests, <br />Raise the bar of learning, <br />That is truly how our students learn best!<br /><br />Nadalia Bagratuni<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/is-education-a-business/
