[Boatanchors] VE day

[AI2Q]

...and what's this "your the expert" stuff, anyhow?

It is "you are," as in "you're."

Now, is illiteracy part of being a teacher these days?

Vy 73, AI2Q, Alex
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" <gordon.beattie at att.net>
To: "'David Knepper'" <collinsradio at comcast.net>; "'Todd, KA1KAQ'" 
<ka1kaq at gmail.com>; <n9jcq at aol.com>
Cc: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] VE day


> David et al,
> Pardon me, but I just can't help myself... Did you really write these 
> lines
> as they are below?  Thanks for the chuckle!
>
> "For those of you who never taught in the public schools, what you know
> about our schools could be written on the head of a pin.
>
> Stick to radio - your the expert there, not on American education.
>
> from an retired teacher and administrator
>
> Now you know the rest of the story!"
>
> The public schools failed my siblings, my sons and me.  All ended up in
> private Catholic schools where they received fine educations and have done
> well.  I believe in public education as a birthright for every child, 
> along
> with a parent's right to decide where that education will be done. 
> Support
> vouchers and those who will provide them as a counter-balance to the
> government education monopoly.
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
> 201.314.6964
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Knepper
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 11:56 PM
> To: Todd, KA1KAQ; n9jcq at aol.com
> Cc: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] VE day
>
> For those of you who never taught in the public schools, what you know 
> about
>
> our schools could be written on the head of a pin.
>
> Stick to radio - your the expert there, not on American education.
>
> from an retired teacher and administrator
>
> Now you know the rest of the story!
>
>
> David Knepper, W3CRA/W3ST
> Collins Radio Association - Join Today
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> Editor of the Collins Journal
> Secretary of the Collins Radio Association
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> To: <n9jcq at aol.com>
> Cc: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] VE day
>
>
>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:49 AM, <n9jcq at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  That is not true at all..
>>>
>>
>> You're right. They do teach a form of history still. I believe it's 
>> called
>> Revisionist History in the name of social justice, which places more
>> emphasis on lesser events, raising them to the level of significant ones,
>> for a 'feel good' result. The same mindset that required removal of Honor
>> Rolls and the likes because it supposedly made the kids who didn't make
>> the
>> cut feel bad about themselves. Artificial self-esteem is the goal of
>> today's public education system, not actual learning.
>>
>> That's the good thing about working on boatanchor radios; they're not
>> partial or emotional. They'll teach you the right way, even if it kills
>> you. (o:
>>
>> Nietzsche was right.
>>
>> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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