Terminal Illness

"Won’t it be wonderful when the child in the smallest county in the most distant area or in the most confused urban setting can have the equivalent of the finest school in the world on that terminal and no one can get between that child and the curriculum? We have great moments coming in the history of education."

Schooling and Technology, Vol. 3, Planning for the Future: A Collaborative Model, An Interpretive Report on Creative Partnerships in Technology—An Open Forum byDustin H. Heuston, World Institute for Computer-Assisted Teaching (WICAT) 1984

(As quoted by Charolette Iserbyte, November 14,2014 )

Note how the "great moments" concept is lauded by some people.  It is here being described as being "wonderful"  when no parent, no teacher, spends a day with the child; or "gets between the child and the curriculum."

Who is writing the curriculum?  What does it teach?  Where is the family , the parent... the teacher, the human element of a smile and hug in the life of a learning and growing child?

This is not a "great moment."  This is a travesty. 

Read Charolette Iserbyte's article, 

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