{"id":21602,"date":"2010-12-21T15:19:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T19:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21602"},"modified":"2010-12-21T15:19:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T19:19:27","slug":"teachers-do-the-job-that-terrorists-cant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21602","title":{"rendered":"Teachers do the job that terrorists can’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s an article from Associated Press<\/a> that reports a study done on Army entrance exams show that 23% of the people who take those exams score so low that they don’t qualify for any branch of the military.<\/p>\n

“Too many of our high school students are not graduating ready to begin college or a career – and many are not eligible to serve in our armed forces,” U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told the AP. “I am deeply troubled by the national security burden created by America’s underperforming education system.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many of you have seen it first hand when you left the military – remedial reading, writing and math classes in colleges for freshmen who can’t string more than three or four words together coherently. High schools don’t prepare students for more than fashion shows and putting a condom on a banana. Teachers who can’t perform are destroying our national security. al Qaeda can take some time off and watch our wonderful education system do their job for them.<\/p>\n

Kenneth Jackson, 19, of Miami, enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school. He said passing the entrance exam is easy for those who paid attention in school, but blamed the education system for why more recruits aren’t able to pass the test.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Putting to rest the lie that the military is the last refuge of the poor and minorities;<\/p>\n

The Education Trust study shows wide disparities in scores among white and minority students. Nearly 40 percent of black students and 30 percent of Hispanics don’t pass, compared to 16 percent of whites.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So now, when I meet someone who has never been in the military, I’ll just take for granted that they’re drooling morons who couldn’t pass the tests that we all aced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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