Independent Standardized Tests — To be avoided at all costs. They stir up unnecessary trouble when the media and parents find out most of the students can’t read, write or do math. [Note: In Maryland we got rid of all the standardized tests in 1994 when they showed only one in four of our fourth graders was reading on level.]

Teachers — People whose forced membership and payment of dues to the National Education Association (NEA) makes it the biggest lobbying group in the country and sends one 1 of 4 total delegates to the Democratic convention.

NEA — We have the Democrats in our pocket. Our political agenda is world citizenship, abortion/euthanasia/population control, legalization of drugs, outlaw home schooling, secure the right for gays to marry, et cetera.

Far Left Extremists — Intolerant and judgmental term used by Far Right Extremists to describe the NEA.

Waco, Ruby Ridge, Elian Gonzalez Raid — Events which show anti-government, religious types what will happen to them if they're not careful.

Section 7-202 — Stupid law passed by Maryland State Legislature that says we have to give standardized tests to each and every child in Maryland every year starting in second grade to measure their reading and to provide remediation or delay promotion if minimum cutoff scores aren’t met. We think it’s a stupid law and we think learning to read is even stupider, so we just ignore the law.

Outcome Based Education (OBE) — What we have in Maryland. OBE can be summarized by Karl Marx: From each according to their ability, to each according to their need. Individuality and competition are out; group-think and cooperation are in. As a school of fish or a flock of birds, the class will move together.

MSPAP — The State Board had to drop it, reluctantly. Although inexact and expensive, it was the best tool we had to measure how well the schools were doing in convincing the kids that the government has all the answers, and that the evil businessman is to blame for everything.

[Note: MSPAP also worked well to calm nervous parents who asked nosy questions like “how come you don’t have any reading scores on my kid?” We could tell them the MSPAP is “more difficult” and that it measures “higher thinking skills” in response to “more rigorous standards imposed on the schools.” Or we'd just lie to these boorish, uppity parents and tell them the MSPAP IS a standardized test, but the parents just aren’t allowed to see the scores. Pretty good, huh?] George Bush is making us test individually for reading and math scores, so we'll have to include academics for awhile. But once we get the Democrats back in control, we can get back to psycological testing again.

John Lennon — Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Q U O T A B L E    Q U O T E S

What are the 11 most feared words in America? Answer: Hi! I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.

— Ronald Reagan

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