A Nation of Idiots: An In-Your-Face Look at the Underbelly of Public Education - Softcover

Thelen, Karl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403395098 ISBN 13: 9781403395092

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

A Nation of Idiots will be the first book to expose:the large numbers of unqualified teachers,legions of poor administrators,one issue school board members,hordes of ineffective parents, the global media giants, who invest heavily in keeping Americans numb and dumb in order to sell their products;the pharmaceutical companies and medical profession who drive up premiums so local districts can't afford quality health care to attract quality teachers;the tobacco and alcohol industries whose poisons create long-term health problems and, especially because of fetal alcohol syndrome, future special needs students, both of which are paid for with local taxes;what the author has come to call Feelgooders and their sordid attempts to spread Feelgoodenism;special education as a mandated, legal rip-off of the local taxpayers. State and Federal mandates should stop when the funding runs out.The author's thirty-three years in education lend a personal, in-your-face tone that makes the book hard to put down. His experience lends credence to what he has to say. And he isn't afraid to say it.

About this title

About the Author:

The author has taught high school English for the past thirty-three years. He has a masters degree in administration and supervision, spent seven years on a school board, and, along with his wife of thirty-four years, Mary, raised five kids. The author has taught public speaking for thirty-three years, layout and design as a yearbook advisor for twenty-two years and media literacy for the past eleven years. His insight into the manipulation by the media allows him to lay much of the blame where it belongs for A Nation of Idiots. The author, along with his wife, brother and sister-in-law have been raising emus for the past six years at their Meadowood Homestead Emu Ranch in Mineville, NY.

Synopsis:

A Nation of Idiots is an in-your-face look at the underbelly of public education. It exposes unqualified teachers, weak administrators, one-issue board members, and poor excuses for parents, and lays bare the sinister side of corporate America and the media.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1403395098
• ISBN 13: 9781403395092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232