Teachers, School Boards,or...........?

On Trolls and the Memphis City Schools

I was searching for some Memphis City School propaganda a few days ago when I ran across this. This is one of the few things I have found that actually defends Memphis City Schools rather then presenting a load of statistics, tearing them down. It’s short, not even an authority is stating this, but it made me wonder a little bit.

It brought me back to that discussion we had at the beginning of the year-is it the students or the teachers? According to the Gates of Memphis, the children attending MCS are actually thirsty for knowledge and are capable of much more than they are presented. The article even goes to say: “wonderfully unaware they are supposed to be idiots...” Now, what do you think that means? Does it mean the schools are keeping them at a sub-standard level? Or is the media who keep presenting them as illiterate, severely under educated students?

It’s hard for me to think every kid attending a Memphis City School is thirsty for knowledge. The article probably did not mean that, but it was indicating something close enough. This short article makes me rethink my standpoint a little bit. Well, not so much my standpoint, but rather the opposing side. I have barely taken them into consideration, considering every time I search for this I find nothing but statistics on how poorly our schools are performing. Maybe these students really are doing better than what we are fed to by the media, or maybe they do have a drive for learning that is downtrodden by the low standards of the schools. Now I ask myself the question-Students, teachers, school boards, or school policies themselves? Or maybe all of the above?