Tag Archive: High school

A Free and Easy Way to Reform Public Education

When you think back on your days as a high school student, you’ll recall that the majority of the faculty and staff who interacted with you did so in an authoritative and controlling manner.  If there was a disagreement or a point of contention, you were quickly reminded that they were the adult and you…

Now Every Kid Gets a Trophy, and also a Diploma for Graduating 6th Grade!

Fans of The Beverly Hillbillies will remember the running joke that Jethro (the most educated of the entire Clampett family) had “made it all the way through the 6th grade.”  Yee-Haw! When this series originally aired in the sixties, no one celebrated such a modest accomplishment.  Of course you made it through the 6th grade,…