The sordid state of affairs and failure of public education (government schools) and its enablers: Governors and Arkansas state legislatures January 31, 2011
Saturday’s editorial in the Dem-Gaz 1/29/11 contained a piece titled “It’s a different arena, sirâ€.
The piece centers on black activist John Walker, he’s the state Representative, and former Arkansas state senator, who has tied up Little Rock’s never-ending school desegregation case. The piece describes Rep. Walker as holding the Ark. Black Caucus hostage regarding more funding for the Univ. of Ark. Pine Bluff.
The editorial contains one paragraph that succinctly describes the state of affairs in the Ark. Public school system. Below is the paragraph and in parenthesis the translation.
“In Arkansas, according to the Nation’s Report Card, only about (ABOUT?) a quarter of the kids tested got passable grades in science. (This means large numbers of students were not tested; in all likelihood most Hispanics, large numbers of blacks, fortified by whites—across the board massive failures) Given that most of the young people who attend UAPB have to take remediation classes. Just last Wednesday this paper reported that no more than a third of the nation’s students, and an even Smaller percentage in Arkansas got decent grades on their science test last year.†(This in fact means than no more than 20% passed and could mean the percentage passing is most likely in the teens).
What we hear from Gov. Beebe, the state legislature and of course, educrats is “More & More Fundingâ€, nothing about curricula, just more social engineering and facilities, i.e. we’re just one happy dumbed-down multi-cultural familyâ€. How does more money translate into better education? Even when educators cheat by enhancing grades, they still can’t make the cut, but why should they when FUNDING FOLLOWS FAILURE?
Arkansas kids are being overwhelmed by illegal 3rd world, non-English speaking foreign nationals and the likes of the Beebe’s, state legislators are more than willing to murder our children’s learning capabilities, rendering a burgeoning, egalitarian society.
Examples of the criminal conduct of elected officials include Gov. Beebe’s lying on two separate occasions stating & then recanting that his administration was tracking the amount of funding the state was bequeathing on the illegal Mexican and OTM population. The Commissioner of the Dept. of Finance and Administration, Richard Weiss stated recently that he had “no idea†how much state money was being shoveled out to the illegal population. (UNBELIEVABLE) He’s the same guy who could not account for the loss of millions of Arkansas tax dollars a few years back. The state legislatures who have authorized these illegal, unconscionable millions of citizens’ money dedicated to illegals are equally guilty and a number of this body is now trying to push through in-state tuition for illegals, AGAIN. Three crimes have been committed by the Beebe administration. Theft of taxpayer money by force and being distributed to an illegal alien population, who by law should be deported. By the way, where is the $90 million “stimulus†money (printed out of thin air) dedicated to the public school system? Beebe is a political coward, e.g. the matter of Obamacare and illegal immigration…he simply states it’s a federal affair, therefore we cannot act. He actually declared that going against federal law is Unconstitutional. Does Beebe really believe that federal law supersedes the U.S. Constitution? (This guy is an attorney and was the Attorney General!) So, we the citizens do not have the right to defend ourselves against foreign invaders and a corrupt government? Beebe is a self-serving, parasitic bully.
Do these fools not understand that every illegal that enters our state is pushing every facet of our society further into the abyss and again, back to the children, the more entrance by illegals the more dilution of what might be left of bonafide education?
Education, like all government institutions, has a life of its own with hundreds of thousands of employees clinging to its existence and working to expand…never mind that is it literally killing the producers for its own vested interest. For example, Attorney General McDaniel has 63 attorneys on his staff and their only stated duty is to defend the Arkansas State Government! An admission of corruption.
The United States of America, due to the criminal conduct of federal, state, county, & city governments has about reached critical mass in creating an environment which is almost indistinguishable from any other country around the globe.
Do these fools we elect, appoint and hire think that the millions of illegals who inhabit our once preeminent Republic will conduct themselves any different from their cousins in Mexico, Egypt, Greece, Honduras, Columbia, Ecuador, China, etc. at the appointed time?
Citizens have only one recourse in cleansing corrupt Arkansas government and that is the vote. Unfortunately, government is immune from litigation by design, and the people of Arkansas don’t appear to understand this, e.g. Gov. Mike Beebe has an alleged 70% approval rating.
It’s coming soon. The hue & cry for more funding for the failed, corrupt Arkansas education system by the governor and the state legislature and of course the lobbying superintendents & chancellors.
Kindest regards,
Joe McCutchen